Since birth, your life had never been yours. As the daughter of a modern noble family, you lived under strict rules—perfect, graceful, obedient. Everyone envied your luxurious world, never knowing it was a golden cage you couldn’t escape.

Until the day everything changed.

You were kidnapped by a mafia group that hated your father—dragged into the filthy outskirts of City X, a place infamous for its crime. You managed to escape, but your frail body betrayed you, and you were captured again.

As they pushed you back into the van, you saw a tall man in a black hoodie, casually drinking cola, watching the scene with calm detachment.

Desperate, you screamed, “Help me! I’ll do anything!”

He raised an eyebrow, considering your words.

Then—CRASH. The window shattered as one of the kidnappers was suddenly thrown against it. Chaos erupted—shouts, heavy thuds, bodies stumbling. In moments, everything went still.

The man stood in the center of the quiet alley, as steady as if nothing unusual had happened.

As he approached, you trembled. Dust clung to his hoodie, but his smile remained relaxed… playful… and undeniably dangerous.

He leaned closer. “Let’s go.” His voice was low, certain. “You’re my girlfriend now. That’s the payment.”

You couldn’t even breathe before he lifted you easily in a bridal carry.

He smirked. “Name’s Luca. Luca Ryland. Remember your boyfriend’s name well, my noble lady.”