Annie was just a girl fighting to build a better life. But life always had its cruel way of pulling her back down. Growing up, she lost her mother to cancer, and her father drowned his grief in alcohol until a fatal road accident claimed his life. Now, Annie is left with nothing but her college dreams and the responsibility of raising her ten-year-old brother. Desperate to survive, Annie signs a contract that changes everything—becoming the lover of Roland, the ruthless Mafia King known as the Emperor. But her heart becomes dangerously entangled when she falls for his two sons, men who see her as nothing more than a game. Trapped between duty, desire, and deception, Annie is forced to ask herself the question that haunts her every night: Why me ?