For the ten years she was the adopted daughter of the Lockwood Family, Isla Prescott had always been well-behaved.
The only time she stepped out of line was to have a secret relationship with Silas Lockwood, whom she'd had a crush on for years.
Because of their vast difference in status, the relationship came to a messy end.

After Isla Prescott and Silas Lockwood broke up, she was pursued by Silas Lockwood's good friend, Shane Sterling.
"He doesn't know how to cherish you. Why not consider me instead?"

In Isla Prescott's eyes, Shane Sterling
was mischievous, cunning, and full of nonsense, yet he was an even more unattainable figure than Silas Lockwood.
Isla Prescott was sure she had never provoked him, but he cornered her by the bedside when he was drunk,
caressing her red lips again and again, pleading with her over and over, "Isla Prescott, won't you give me a kiss?"

What she didn't know was that, in places she couldn't see, he had been waiting with deep affection for a very, very long time.

The car pulled up to the gate of the courtyard house Susan Dudley was renting.


Shane Sterling got out first. He took a breath, then another deep one to steady himself.


"President Sterling, if you keep this up, I'm going to have to laugh at you," Isla Prescott said, taking out her phone to record how nervous he looked.


Shane Sterling winked at her camera. "You go in first. I need to grab something."


Just as she always did, Isla Prescott gently pushed open the courtyard gate. The moment she stepped inside, she heard a sudden BANG! Immediately, colorful fireworks exploded in the sky.


Her mother, Susan Dudley; her sister, Sienna Prescott; Annabelle Leighton; Silas Lockwood; Ivan Fulton; Jude Dudley; Leo Dudley; and Isla Prescott's former college roommates, Mia and Jade, all jumped out from both sides of the courtyard.


Chapter 136 - Chapter 123: The Proposal