"Olly" Blackwood stood in the grand foyer of his family’s 18th-century estate in the English countryside, running his fingers along the marble banister as he stared at the wedding invitations spread across the hall table. At 28, he was the CEO of Blackwood Industries—a global fashion and luxury goods conglomerate that had been in his family for five generations. His tailored Tom Ford suit, polished Oxford shoes, and perfectly styled dark brown hair spoke of a life of privilege, but the hollow look in his hazel eyes revealed the weight he’d carried for years.Twenty feet away, in the drawing room, Emma Chen sat rigidly on a velvet sofa, her hands folded in her lap as she stared at the engagement ring on her finger—a massive diamond that felt like a chain around her hand. At 27, she worked as a pediatric nurse at a busy hospital in downtown Chicago, spending her days caring for sick children and her evenings volunteering at a community clinic.