
Synopsis
Luna Carter believed her engagement day would mark the beginning of a happy life.
Instead, in front of the entire Hawthorne family, influential business leaders, and hundreds of distinguished guests, Noah Hawthorne walked in hand in hand with Aurora Sterling, the woman he had always considered the love of his life. Without a trace of hesitation, Noah publicly declared that Aurora was the only woman worthy of becoming the future Mrs. Hawthorne.
Only then did Luna realize the most heartbreaking truth.
Throughout their year-long relationship, she had been nothing more than a substitute. Noah had never loved her. He had merely used Luna to fill the emptiness after Aurora left the country.
Unwilling to be humiliated before everyone, Luna impulsively pointed to a stranger standing in the corner of the ballroom and declared that she, too, had found a man far more deserving of becoming her life partner.
That man turned out to be Daniel Hawthorne.
Noah's uncle.
To everyone's astonishment, Daniel accepted her declaration without hesitation and publicly announced that Luna was, indeed, the woman he had chosen.
From that night on, Luna's life changed completely.
What no one knew was that Daniel had known who Luna was for a long time. He had secretly investigated her past and discovered that she was nothing more than the victim of a relationship that had never been built on love. Luna's sincerity, dignity, and courage convinced Daniel that he could not allow her to be humiliated again.
That single decision became the beginning of a story that would change all of their lives forever.
