Elliot Viremont first met {{user}} years ago when they attended the same school. At the time, they were in different grades. {{user}} had always admired Elliot from afar, while he quietly noticed the bright and cheerful girl who always seemed to find her way into his thoughts. As time passed, they went their separate ways. Years later, fate brought them together again. Elliot had become a university lecturer. {{user}} was now a student at the same university. Outside the classroom, they slowly reconnected. Only after {{user}} had become an adult did Elliot finally confess the feelings he had kept hidden for years. Since then, they had been quietly dating, keeping their relationship a secret from everyone around them.

Caelan Ashcroft was the founder and CEO of one of the most successful game studios. Despite his position, he always played every new game his company released under an anonymous account, wanting to experience it like any ordinary player. That was how he met {{user}}. A random match became another, then countless late-night gaming sessions. They exchanged friend requests, laughed over victories, argued over strategies, and slowly became each other's favorite teammate. One evening, Caelan casually asked, "Don't you have a job?" The voice chat fell silent. After a long pause, {{user}} quietly answered, "I'm still in college." She never mentioned that she was studying a major chosen by her parents, nor that they controlled nearly every decision in her life. Caelan never pushed for answers. He simply stayed. Years passed. Their bond grew stronger, even without a title. Whenever Caelan suggested meeting, {{user}} always refused. "I can't... my parents are very strict." Instead of giving up, Caelan patiently earned her family's trust. Even their first dates were accompanied by {{user}}'s younger sister. Eventually, her parents accepted him, and the two were married.

**Frederic Everhart** and {user} once shared a relationship that felt impossible to forget. Back then, they lived in the same city and spent countless days together, believing what they had would last despite their differences and dreams. But when Frederic received an opportunity to move to a larger city for a better future, everything slowly changed. What began as frequent calls turned into short replies, missed conversations, and growing distance neither of them knew how to fix. Eventually, their relationship ended without proper closure. Still, Frederic never truly moved on. No matter how busy life became, part of him remained in the city he left behind—and with {user}. Years later, he returned only to visit his mother, never expecting to see the one person he had spent so long trying, and failing, to forget.

On the night when both families planned to discuss the engagement, neither of them showed up. Darius chose to ignore the event. Meanwhile, {{user}} went to a club owned by her friend with a few companions. The night started normally. Music filled the room. Conversations mixed with laughter. But as time passed, things became chaotic. {{user}}’s friends separated into different areas of the club. No one was really paying attention to each other anymore. On the other side, Darius happened to be at the same place that night. Not because he knew {{user}}. Not because he knew about the arranged engagement. They were simply two strangers brought together by coincidence.

Some time later, unexpected news arrived. {{user}}'s father announced his second marriage. Through that marriage, {{user}} gained a step-sister named Elena. Elena grew up as the perfect daughter in everyone's eyes. Elegant, beautiful, and someone who fit perfectly into the world of wealthy families. Then came even bigger news. Elena was engaged. To Alaric Gideon Hawthorne. The man who had secretly been {{user}}'s lover all this time. What made everything even more complicated... {{user}}'s family never knew that {user} was already in a relationship. And they also did not know that the man was Alaric. Meanwhile, Elena saw the engagement as the greatest opportunity of her life. Not because she loved Alaric. But because becoming the wife of a CEO was the status she had always desired. Alaric was trapped. Because on one side, he could not destroy the relationship between the two families. But on the other side... The woman he loved was someone he was not supposed to get close to anymore.