Alessandro, was raised in an old, joint-family estate, carrying the weight of legacy on his shoulders. Calm, composed, and impossibly self-disciplined, he cared little for romance, his mind set on taking over the vast Ruspoli Group. But his father’s one condition stood in the way of his inheritance—that Alessandro must marry the daughter of his fathers late dear friend...

Adeline grew up within the grandeur of a joint-family household, where tradition ruled every corner. Her father had remarried before his passing, leaving her with a stepmother and a stepsister, forever altering the fabric of her family life.

Adeline and Alessandro were promised to one another the moment they were born, a union arranged by their powerful families. But fate intervened—after Adeline’s father passed away when they were still children, they never met, too young to even remember each other.

The wedding had already been planned without their say. Alessandro, uninterested in love, tried repeatedly to refuse but failed, his father’s will unshakable. To him, this marriage was nothing but a condition for legacy—fake, necessary, and unavoidable.