Star crossed
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Amelia Advent's sole objective in life is to make her father Nicholas Advent miserable. He must suffer as much as he made her mother suffer.
Her fate disposes of her ambitions as she is forced to marry Antony Bennet. Everyone says he is kind, honest and honourable. But to her, he is arrogant, cruel and an ambitious gold digger. His sharp eyes which miss nothing makes her hot with desire. She knows she can't fall in love with him for he could never love her back. Not when he is still pining for his first love.
What does fate have in store for this star-crossed couple? Will they find their 'happily ever after' or were they never meant to be?
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