Lindsey Abun, isang magaling na negosyanteng bumuo ng sariling pangalan sa larangan ng industriya.
Isang dalagang nagmamay-ari ng iba't-ibang uri ng negosyo, gaya na lamang ng alahas, tela, muwebles, mga sasakyan, at marami pang iba.
Ngunit sa kabila ng mga pag-aari nito, angkin niya rin ang isang baul, isang kaban ng kayamanang, sinasabing isang dang taong pamana na ng kaniyang pamilya na ipinapasa sa bawat henerasyon. Walang nakakaalam sa lamang ng baul, maging siya man. Hindi dahil hindi maaari ngunit dahil hindi nito kayang buksan. Sapagkat, wala pang nakakabukas ng kaban na ito. Subalit, sinasabing ang baul na ito ay naglalaman nang mas higit pang yaman sa mundo. Hindi man mabuksan ng kahit anong susi o masira ng kahit anong makinarya ay ang tanging makakasira lamang ng kabang ito ay ang pinakamahalagang pisikal na yamang hawak ng tagapangalaga. At sa kasamaang palad, may pag-aari ngang ganoon ang dalaga.
Datapuwat, sa panahon ng karangalan at kahangalan, may kakaibang naganap. Isang pangyayaring magwawasto sa buhay ng dalagang inakalang mas mainam mabuhay para sa sarili kaysa maging alipin ng utang na loob at kabaitan.
Mababago ba ang buhay ng isang dalagang lumaki sa sarap at kaginhawaan kapag ang ninunong mula sa limang daang taong nakalipas ang magbibigay aral rito? Paano mabubuhay ang isang modernong, mayabang at mapagmataas na dalaga sa panahong mas dukha pa siya kaysa sa mga pulubi ng lansangan.
Just when she's decided to leave the Town, Lady Cressida Belverst is forced to marry Lord Calan Haverston, the man who coincidentally knows a way out. Agreeing to marry for all the wrong reasons, can Cressida and Calan find out where their hearts truly belong?
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It is impossible to leave the Town, but one woman is determined to escape with the help of her betrothed.
Lady Cressida Belverst has always been judged as a walking scandal. Oh, how she tries (on some rare occasions) to be proper! When her parents arrange for her to marry a rich lord, Cressida has had enough. She has to leave the Town because she will not be forced to live with a man she doesn't love. But what happens if the very man she's betrothed to is the only one who can help her get out?
Calan Haverston, the Lord of Easton, takes the risk and helps his betrothed by using his knowledge of the Town's secrets because he is as willing as she to stay free of marriage for reasons completely different. He has dark secrets he cannot share with her, and his life is not one he can likewise open to anyone. But what happens when she leaves after awakening desires he thought he has under control? And what happens when he finds himself longing for her?
Cressida goes to a completely different place, one she has only heard in stories and read in books, with hopes of finding what her heart has always longed for. But love, mystery and secrets will chase her and it will only be a matter of time before she realizes what her heart truly desires.
*This story is a standalone title in the Haverston Family series.