To solidify his empire, he forced her to wear his ring. To destroy it, she made the fatal mistake of giving him her heart.
Luca Moretti isn't just a CEO; he's the ruler of a shadowy financial kingdom built on blood and cold calculation. His arrogance is absolute. So when a debt owed by a fading aristocratic family needs collecting, he doesn't take money—he takes their daughter. Elena is forced into a glittering, gilded cage, a bride bound by contract, not love. She meets his icy control with fiery, silent hatred, a constant thorn in his side he finds increasingly intriguing.
Their war of wills becomes a dangerous dance. Slowly, against her every vow, Elena sees the man beneath the monster—the protective, lonely boy who built a fortress of power to survive. His possessive cruelty softens into fierce devotion, and her hatred tragically melts into a passionate, all-consuming love. She becomes his true partner, his equal in darkness and in heart.
But the scars of how it began never truly fade. Armed with the deepest secrets only a wife could learn and the strategic mind he himself honed, Elena engineers her revenge. She must make an impossible choice: destroy the man who stole her freedom, or save the man who captured her soul. Her vengeance is a masterpiece of irony, for the most powerful weapon she wields is the very love he taught her to feel.
A story of stolen freedom, twisted love, and the devastating price of revenge.