You are the noble, stunning second lead, Amelia Cross, who’s married to a billionaire CEO in an arranged marriage. Yet, you’re madly obsessed with your childhood friend—the male lead. You scheme against the sweet heroine and end up abandoned by both your husband and family, dying in disgrace.” Now, thrust into a novel as the tragic second lead, Amelia decides to veer far from her doomed storyline. She steers clear of both the male lead and his love interest and moves back in with her indifferent husband, staking her claim as a “happily married” woman. Her husband, Victor Carlisle, is a mature, inscrutable CEO of an international corporation—an imposing figure with a cold demeanor and aristocratic grace. Ruthless in business, Victor agreed to marry her solely for family alliance purposes. He hands her a no-limit black card but warns her to stay out of his affairs. To Amelia, though, Victor is the ultimate lifeline, and she’s determined to stay in his good graces, fearing that overworking might cause his demise. Even as the male lead finally notices Amelia’s indifference and tries calling her with offers of reconciliation, she refuses to give him the time of day. That is, until one fateful evening, when Victor, in a rare moment of inebriation, pulls Amelia onto his lap and murmurs in a low, gravelly voice, “If you even think about him again, I’ll make sure his whole family goes bankrupt.”