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Lucy Bennett is about to marry Adrian Vale as church doors close.
The groom at the altar isn’t Adrian.
It’s his estranged twin brother, Alexander.
The Vale family reveals Adrian vanished after uncovering a conspiracy buried within their empire. If his disappearance becomes public before the wedding, the inheritance controlling the company will fall into the hands of those Adrian was trying to expose.
Walking away would destroy Lucy’s father’s company, cost employees their jobs, and erase the evidence Adrian risked everything to uncover.
So Lucy makes the choice.
She marries the wrong brother.
But Lucy refuses to become a bride. While the world celebrates their marriage, she investigates Adrian’s disappearance. Every clue leads into the Vale empire and closer to Alexander.
Guarded and impossible to read, Alexander protects Lucy from dangers he refuses to explain. As they uncover the truth together, an attraction neither wanted begins to grow.
Then Lucy discovers the truth.
Alexander found Adrian after his disappearance.
Adrian wasn’t hiding from Lucy. He was hiding from people enough to kill anyone who knew where he was including her. Before disappearing to gather evidence, Adrian forced Alexander to promise: keep Lucy alive, even if she hates him.
Alexander kept his promise.
Until protection became love.
Now Adrian is back with proof that someone inside the Vale empire orchestrated his disappearance and is hunting Lucy for something she unknowingly possesses.
Lucy isn’t choosing between two brothers.
She’s choosing who to trust before the conspiracy claims another life.
Because in the Vale family, every promise has a price and the lie Lucy ever believed was that she was the bride.
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