Minghan Gu

In her final moments, Alison White discovers the heartbreaking truth—her husband, Sean Haller, has always loved her cousin, Vanessa Gray. But fate grants her a second chance. Reborn, she refuses to live under Sean’s shadow again. This time, she chooses Clive Haller, Sean’s younger uncle—superior to him in every way. What she doesn’t expect is that Sean will stop at nothing to win her back.

To save her mother, Cora Bolton takes a job at Velvet Parlor—until she's forced to spend a night with Prince Regent Jasper Page. Now pregnant with twins, she endures her family's scorn and Jasper's misunderstandings. Only when the truth comes to light does he step in to protect her—but her father's schemes keep her in constant peril. With danger closing in from every side, can Cora and Jasper defy the odds to claim their happily ever after?

After losing her parents in a car accident, Chloe Ford is taken in by Sean Lloyd, who raises her with care. When she turns eighteen, she confesses her love, but Sean rejects her and urges her to focus on her studies. Refusing to give up, Chloe’s persistence forces Sean to fake a fiancée, shattering her heart. Silently, she leaves for a distant school, disappearing from his life.

At the age of eight, Tina Shaw loses both her parents in a tragic car accident and is taken in by Sam Judd, who becomes a father figure to her. As Tina matures, she finds herself falling in love with Sam, and at 18, she finally confesses her feelings. However, Sam, believing she's too young to understand love and fearing it will derail her future, rejects her.