Forbidden Love: My "Adoptive Father" Who Stole My Heart

At the high-society Kirby family's opulent banquet celebrating their cherished daughter Cathleen Kirby's first birthday, amidst a mountain of gifts from guests, the little girl suddenly reached out and tightly gripped the hand of Jerald Dobson-her father's close friend, despite the considerable age difference between them.

Everyone laughed, jesting that this meant Jerald would have to look after her for life.

Later, a devastating fire engulfed the Kirby Estate, claiming the lives of the entire family, except the eldest son, Gabriel Kirby, and the youngest daughter, Cathleen.