The crown needs sacrifices-that is what Alyson di Liano has always reminded herself. In an island where genealogy is everything, Aly has already lost the game before it even started. It doesn't matter how hard she works to be, or that her face launched a thousand ships--she will always be the girl from the wrong side of town. Dirt poor though ambitious, Aly vows to do everything she can to get out of that life... even if that means selling her soul to the devil. A quintessential privileged golden boy, West Xu is exactly the kind of distraction she didn't want. Born to old money as the heir to the Xu empire that owned hundreds of hotels worldwide, he never had to work for a single thing in his life. Alyson despised the very things he stood for. Growing up, he's never had to want for anything, but Alyson is the type of woman who denied him what he wanted the most - her. She is the antithesis of the woman his family wanted for him, but he couldn't help but be drawn to her like a moth to a flame. How does he tame a heart hardened by life? Would she let him? Just how much would he sacrifice to have the woman he wants the most?