"Tell me, Sofia, have you ever loved me, or were you always playing a game? Tell me!” With a sudden surge of strength, Sofia was lifted off the ground and forcefully carried by the tall, cold man into the villa. Once inside, he unceremoniously dropped her onto the luxurious leather sofa in the living room. His figure loomed over her as he leaned down, pinching Sofia’s cheek with icy fingers. He looked at her harshly, his handsome brow furrowed, and his eyes narrowed. "Sofia, I was ready to let you off the hook, but why did you hurt Ellie?" "I didn't!" Sofia cried. "I didn't even push her! She fell on her own!” "She set me up! She did it on purpose!” “She framed me!" Smack! A slap resonated throughout the room, and both of them froze. Sofia looked at Finley, her beloved fiancé, incredulously. She knew Ellie Hill was his adopted sister, but she never understood why Ellie looked at him that way.

Chapter 1

Amidst the pouring rain, a panicked-stricken woman stumbled outside a coastal villa in New York.

Her silk couture gown was drenched from the rain and clung to her porcelain skin, accentuating her exquisite curves.

With a delicate appearance and creamy white skin, she stood out even more in the rain-soaked surroundings.

But her expression was one of panic and desperation. Running towards the villa's front door, the woman lost her high heels but ignored her bare feet hitting the wet pavement.

Sofia Campbell quivered with fear, her body half-collapsed against the villa door, pounding on it with desperate intensity. Her voice echoed through the pouring rain as she called out the man's name over and over again.

"Finley! Finley!"

The sound of footsteps walking towards her was followed by the door opening from the inside, revealing a tall, slender figure of a man.

Sofia looked up at her fiancé and took in his angular features and every inch of his cold, hard, breathtakingly