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Ginelle Hayes est orpheline. Après avoir échappé à son tuteur abusif et au lourd secret qui l'entoure, elle erre seule dans les rues impitoyables de Londres. C’est alors qu’Eloïse Ashford intervient pour prendre soin de l’enfant démunie et la ramener dans sa luxueuse plantation, où elle l’élève comme si elle était sa propre fille. Dorian Don Ashford, un homme intense et énigmatique, revient de la mer, impatient de retrouver le confort de son domaine familial. Mais à son arrivée, il découvre une distraction inattendue sous la forme d’une petite orpheline. Les années passent. Ginelle devient une jeune femme d’une beauté fascinante, et son charme commence à fissurer la carapace de Dorian. Des émotions qu’il n’avait jamais ressenties auparavant le traversent, éveillant en lui un désir qu’il peine à réprimer. Cependant, un drame soudain bouleverse leur quotidien. Cette tragédie sera-t-elle le catalyseur qui les rapprochera enfin, scellant leur destin dans les liens de l’amour ? Ou bien, le passé refera-t-il surface, révélant des vérités dangereuses capables de détruire leur monde à jamais ?

I worked for a restaurant, and our boss loved making empty promises about giving us restaurant shares. The boss said we would start with zero shares, but we could earn 0.01% for every two hours of overtime, covering someone else’s work or saving the restaurant 1,000 bucks. I suggested she write this down in an official document and have someone track it properly. She just smiled and told everyone to work harder. She never actually put it in writing. The experienced staff did not believe her, but one prep cook took it seriously. At the end of the year, he went to the boss to claim his shares. The boss said, “Sorry, the head chef told me there’s no official document, so it doesn’t count. You can’t claim any shares.” The prep cook worked hard all year and got nothing for it, so he took his anger out on me. The day before I was going home for the New Year, he killed me with a knife. “If you hadn’t said it doesn’t count without an official document, this whole restaurant would’ve been mine!” I lay in a pool of blood. When I opened my eyes, I was back to the day the boss first made those empty promises.

“New destiny,” the wind whispered. Instinctively, my wolf leapt forward in protection, growling menacingly. I crouched in front of her, inhaling her sweet scent—the same one that had drawn me to her, the same one that stirred something deep within me, calling to me without a single word. I whispered to the wolf: “So, the rumors were true… Hunter not only kept his daughter as a prisoner but also hunted her.” The tone of my voice sent a pleasant shiver through the air, teasing my own ears. “Tell me, blind wolf, I just killed your father. Do you hate me for it?”

"Mom, Dad, I’ve decided to come home for the blind dates you mentioned. I’ll be back by the end of the month." In the early spring, with the lingering chill of winter in the air, Valerie Stonecutter pushed open the door while speaking softly into the phone. Her gentle voice drifted through the rain like a thread weaving through the mist. Pulling her collar tighter against the cold, she heard her parents breathe a sigh of relief on the other end. "Val," her father began, his voice heavy with age. “Your mom and I haven’t been in good health these past few years. So now that you’ve made up your mind, that’s good. When you’re back, I’ll have your Aunt Laura arrange a few suitable candidates for you to meet." Hearing that her parents were already making arrangements for her future, Valerie’s gaze flickered, her emotions momentarily unsettled. After a few more words of small talk, she ended the call. She glanced around her home with a heavy heart, her thoughts tangled in a quiet storm. Then she retreated to her bedroom and began to pack.

Tout ce qu'Ellis Barker voulait, c'était rembourser la dernière tranche de l'hypothèque de la maison dont elle et son frère Jason ont hérité et mettre ainsi fin aux dettes de son frère. Du moins jusqu'à ce qu'elle arrive à la banque et que son destin croise celui de Vittorio Amorielle, un mafieux prêt à tout pour obtenir ce qu'il veut, et à partir de ce moment-là, c'est Ellis. Et c'est grâce aux dettes de Jason que Vittorio a pu non seulement acheter Ellis, mais aussi l'épouser. Mais sauront-ils en assumer les conséquences ?