9.3After saving a powerful man in an accident, the narrator receives a marriage proposal presented as repayment. Others ridicule the match because they underestimate her appearance and standing. Her return, however, is driven by questions about her mother’s death rather than romance or fame. Revealed abilities and secrets overturn the assumption that she is the weaker person in the relationship.
9.1After five years financing Vipers MC, the narrator is discarded by Douglas and subjected to degrading control by his family. She discovers he diverted the wealth she built toward another woman and a hidden son. They also try to hand her to rival Ardell Cameron, who has an old vendetta against her. Opening concealed ledgers, she begins calling in debts rather than accepting the role assigned to her.
8.7Summer devotes five years to Trevor without receiving his love. When her abductor calls him, he dismisses the danger as a lie while marrying another woman. Summer ends the relationship and escapes, then meets a man who changes her life. By the time Trevor tries to regain her, she is already the wife of a mysterious tycoon and beyond his former claim.