Ivory Finn had been in love with her boss, Axel Riggs, for five years — ever since the moment she first spotted him in college. She had worked hard to get close to him, and soon became his secretary, her heart never settling on anyone else.So when he offered to marry her in exchange for paying for her mother's surgery, Ivory eagerly agreed.But she had forgotten something crucial: Axel Riggs did not love. And even if he did, she would never be the one his heart craved.For two years, she did everything in her power to make him fall in love with her, but nothing she did won his heart. However, after two years of heartbreak, he finally let her go.What Ivory never told him was that she was carrying his heir — and he had just sent them both away.Three years later, she returned as a different person entirely. Ivory Finn was now a woman who owned multiple firms. All she wanted was to take care of her mother and her daughters. But fate had other plans.When her mother fell in love, the man who captured her heart turned out to be the father of Ivory's ex-husband — making Axel her future step-brother.Now the question remained: Could Ivory resist his relentless pursuit and his alluring charms, or would she end up ruining her mother's happiness in the process?