Volume 1: The Paper Throne (Chapters 1–40)​The Hook: A marriage born of cold desperation and a thirty-rule contract.​Damian Ashworth is a king without a crown. When his grandfather’s will stipulates he must marry within ninety days or lose the family empire to his sadistic cousin, Julian, Damian is ready to buy a bride. He doesn't expect his "invisible" secretary, Clara Lin, to be the one to step forward. She doesn't want his money; she wants a partnership. She presents a 30-Rule Contract that forbids the one thing they both fear: emotion.​They play the part of the perfect couple for the cameras, but behind closed doors, the silence is deafening. The rules begin to crumble during late-night strategy sessions where the scent of coffee and the glow of laptop screens turn professional respect into something dangerous. Their first kiss isn't a romantic cliché—it’s a desperate release of tension that proves Rule #1 was never going to survive. When Julian tries to expose their sham, Clara outmaneuvers him with ice in her veins, proving she isn't just a wife—she’s the deadliest weapon Damian has.​Volume 2: The Cold War (Chapters 41–80)​The Hook: Victory is sweet, but the fallout is bitter.​With the company secure, the man Clara fell in love with begins to disappear. Damian becomes the very thing he hated: an Ashworth. He starts "shielding" Clara, which is just a polite word for sidelining her. The equal partnership they promised becomes a dictatorship. When Damian publicly shuts her down during a board meeting to protect the "Ashworth Legacy," the c***k in their marriage becomes a canyon.​Clara realizes she’s just a ghost in his mansion. Before their final business trip to Singapore, she hands him the one thing he didn't expect: divorce papers. She offers him the company in exchange for her soul. Damian’s refusal to sign isn't an act of love—it’s an act of possession. They board the plane to Singapore as strangers trapped in a golden cage, playing a role that has become a lie.​Volume 3: The Stolen Life (Chapters 81–120)​The Hook: A legacy built on blood and a love that shouldn't exist.​In the heat of Singapore, the facade finally breaks. Clara collapses at a gala, triggered by an allergy to white lilies—a genetic curse shared by the powerful Liang family. As she recovers, a second shockwave hits: she’s pregnant. Damian sees the child as a bridge to fix their broken marriage, but Clara sees it as a new chain.​The horror peaks when the Liangs discover a birthmark on Clara’s shoulder that matches a thirty-year-old police report. A deathbed confession from a former nurse reveals a monstrous truth: Silas Ashworth didn't just find Clara; he stole her. He kidn*pped the Liang heiress to blackmail their business into submission, building his empire on the tears of a stolen child.​Clara isn’t a nobody. She is the rightful owner of the ground Damian stands on. Now, as the two most powerful families in Asia go to war, Clara must decide if she can love the man who carries the blood of her kidnapper—or if she will burn the Ashworth legacy to the ground, even if he’s still inside it.