I am Old Master Shen's marriage partner. Whoever marries me will inherit the Shen family.

Everyone knew I was Grandpa Davies’ personal choice for an arranged marriage, a union that would determine the sole heir to the entire Davies empire.

At the engagement party, I was dressed in a custom-tailored suit, ready to announce the Davies-Thorne family alliance.

But my fiancée, Serena Davies, had her fingers laced tightly with her adopted brother, Marcus Thorne, pulling him to the center of the crowd, standing shoulder-to-shoulder with him.

"Marcus and I are deeply in love; he’s the only man I'll ever marry."