In New York’s top financial dynasty, the Kingston Group, Aurora—the orphaned daughter of the former president—was adopted and raised by Chairman Edward, growing up as childhood sweethearts with heir Adrian, deeply devoted to each other. For ten years, she held onto the hope of spending her life with him, only to watch Adrian publicly propose to another woman at a celebratory banquet: Lila, an ordinary, seemingly fragile woman who used “saving her brother’s life” as leverage. Even more heartbreakingly, Adrian expected Aurora to be understanding and generous, even asking her to vacate her home to care for his “future wife.” From that moment, Aurora’s world completely collapsed. Disheartened, she volunteered to represent Kingston Group in a political marriage to the rumored cold, powerful, and septuagenarian ruler of the northern Blackwood family, Dominic. Edward, consumed by guilt, could not stop her; Adrian oscillated between shock and anger, torn between reluctance to lose Aurora and manipulation by Lila’s carefully crafted innocent facade. To secure her position as fiancée, Lila stopped at nothing: faking illness to take Aurora’s life‑saving antibiotics, deliberately smashing Aurora’s late mother’s guitar, tearing up photos of Aurora’s parents and forcing her to kneel, even cooking Aurora’s beloved pet rabbit into a dish—each wound aimed precisely at Aurora’s softest spots, while Adrian consistently indulged and defended Lila, even accusing Aurora of being bitter and jealous. When Dominic revealed his true self—young, accomplished, dignified, and already deeply admiring and protective of Aurora—Adrian finally woke up, but it was too late. Aurora had already exhausted her decade‑deep love through repeated betrayals and injuries, resolutely stepping into the wedding car bound for Blackwood.
