One night, Zhao Mei lost everything... her relationship, her father, and nearly her life. all before sunrise. Framed for a betrayal she didn't commit, thrown away by the man she loved, and thrown into the sea by the people who feared what she knew, she should have died.She didn't.Five years later, she returns to the city that tried to kill her, masked, renamed, and carrying a secret that could destroy them all. She has one goal: keep her daughter alive. That's it.It would have been enough.If he hadn't walked back into her life drunk, dangerous, and looking at her like something he couldn't name."Ahh... who...""I should be asking you that."She went still.She knew that voice.Xu Muchen.Something was wrong with him."W-what are you doing?"*Her voice came out smaller than she wanted it to.His hand found her waist. One pull, and the distance between them closed to nothing.His mouth was close to her ear. She could feel the heat coming off him."Shhh." His exhale was rough, uneven."You smell like her."He's looking for a ghost.He just doesn't know he already found her.She survived him once.The question is — can she do it again?