Ariana Mei Chen never truly mattered in her own family. As the youngest daughter, she was overlooked, forgotten, and pushed quietly into the background while her elder sister, Eloise, was loved, admired, and treated as the perfect daughter. After years of living in her sister's shadow, Ariana had long accepted that some people were simply born to be chosen while others were not. When the struggling Chen family secures an alliance with the powerful Edwards Empire, Eloise is selected to marry Romeo Ian Edwards, the mysterious and feared heir to the family legacy. Rumours painted him as cold and deeply unsettling but feared throughout the business world, Romeo Edwards rarely appeared in public and kept his personal life hidden behind closed doors. On the morning of the wedding, Eloise receives a threatening message and disappears, leaving both families standing on the edge of humiliation and disaster. Unable to watch everything collapse, Ariana makes a decision that changes her life forever. Without understanding the consequences, she slips into her sister's wedding dress, hides beneath the veil, and signs the marriage papers. She becomes Mrs. Edwards without ever seeing her husband's face. Some marriages begin with love. Hers begins with a lie.