A Contract of HeartsUpdated at Sep 1, 2025, 09:24
Elana is an ambitious but overlooked writer, but overlooked by her high-powered, wealthy family, who see her as the “least impressive” sibling despite her intelligence and talents.Her family was well known as they had established their name in luxury design, but because of her imminent refusal to join the family business or go the professional route, everyone had abandoned her, causing her to feel invisible and desperate to show she belonged.A few nights before, she overhears her family talking about her and comparing her with her siblings. She doesn't really care because that is what they do on a normal day to while away time. When the anger rises in her, it is then that she hears them refer to her as “a waste of their family name”. In that moment, she makes a vow to herself to make sure that she shocks them this time during the family's annual fundraising gala