Celia Sterling, heiress of the Sterling Conglomerate, is dazzlingly beautiful and charming, yet proud and haughty. In this world, only Kian Sterling can be her master.
So, he made the decision to betroth her to Declan Nash, the eldest son of the equally powerful Norwood Conglomerate.
Declan Nash, a notorious and untamable playboy, fell for Celia Sterling at first sight. After pleading with Kian Sterling for a year, he finally made the titan of the financial world relent:
"If you can remain chaste for my sister, you may marry her."
Declan Nash abstained from worldly desires for three years and finally secured a wedding date. With the interests of their powerful families bound by the marriage alliance, and confident that marrying Celia Sterling was a foregone conclusion, he revealed his true nature by having a bachelor party three months before the wedding.
Kian Sterling's voice was faint: "Declan Nash is no longer an option."
…

The head of the Norwood Family, Silas Norwood, is reserved, aloof, and noble—an unattainable moon in the sky that socialites yearn for but can never reach.
When Kian Sterling brought Celia Sterling to call off the engagement, Silas Norwood nonchalantly dismissed it:
"My nephew Declan Nash is preposterous, but the marriage alliance between our two families involves too many entangled interests. Miss Sterling, this engagement cannot be broken."
His gaze rested quietly on Celia Sterling's face, his expression unruffled: "How about switching to me?"
Kian Sterling scoffed: "The unattainable Moonlight yearned for by the socialites is about to descend into the mortal world?"
Silas Norwood lowered his gaze: "For a businessman, interests come first. Why not enter the game myself?"
…

Later, with red-rimmed eyes, Declan Nash cornered Silas Norwood in the Norwood family's ancestral hall:
"What do you mean, 'enter the game myself'? This was clearly premeditated all along!"

Silas Norwood gently helped Celia Sterling into the wedding car, then got in after her.


In honor of the new bride, not only had the bed and furniture at Jade Orchid Manor been replaced, but even the wedding car was brand new. The stunning Orchid Grace embodied a classic, opulent romance as it led the wedding procession in an orderly drive toward the harbor.


Inside the car, Silas Norwood gently loosened the tight collar of Celia Sterling's gown. 'Is it just my imagination?' he wondered. 'She seems to have gotten much bigger... This part of the gown wasn't this tight the last time she tried it on…'


Celia Sterling had no idea that beneath Silas Norwood's dignified exterior, his mind was wandering. She suddenly laughed and looked at him teasingly. "Still claiming a 'long-held secret crush'? Silas Norwood, how exactly did you have a secret crush on me? My brother is sharp. You can't fool him."


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