Novel & Cerita Web Optimism Forbidden Love

Evelyn grew up in fear, living under a dark shadow until her mother married the head of the powerful Vance family. When she enters the glittering world of the elite, she still feels like an outsider. Servants ignore her and high society mocks her. Her only comfort is Dorothy, her stepsister's brother and heir to the Vance empire. Dorothy is rich, handsome, and known across the city as a famous playboy. Yet at home, he becomes Evelyn's only protector. He shields her from cruelty with a warm touch she secretly longs for. Evelyn knows she can never have him, so she hides her feelings behind quiet blushes. When a dangerous corporate rivalry threatens to destroy the Vance family, Dorothy asks Evelyn to pretend to be his fiancée to protect the company stock and expose a traitor. Fake smiles quickly turn into real passion, and old family secrets come back to tear them apart. To save Dorothy from ruin, Evelyn makes the ultimate sacrifice and disappears. Dorothy must open up before the only woman he ever truly loved is gone forever.