[MATURE CONTENT] “I owe you my life. Tell me anything you want. Don't worry about how rare or expensive it is; houses, cars, money, status, name it. I'll give it to you. I give you my word.” “Marry me,” she said. Odelia, an egocentric socialite, was stood up by her fiance on her wedding day. She ended up in jail and lost her company due to a huge plot by her fiance and fake sister. As if that was not enough, after she left jail, they drove her to hell and framed her for murder. In a bid to escape jail for the second time, she accepts a deal, a deal that might as well land her in the lion's den. What happens when Odelia takes a gamble with her life and takes a bullet meant for Don Gardner, the richest man in New York, and makes him believe it was an act of love? What lengths will Odelia go to win his trust and make him her ally? “What a golden opportunity! I must borrow his power and make all of them pay. I must become Mrs. Gardner,” - Odelia Don Gardner is a business tycoon and a ruthless mafia in the underworld. He's still hung up on his first love. But he had given his word, must he marry a stranger because she saved his life? What happens when he realizes she is not who she claims to be and that their fates had long been intertwined due to a forgotten past.
"James," she called out weakly, feigning a look of relief, before adding demurely,
"I came to politely explain everything to her and make her understand, but she became hostile. Look, she even slapped me," she said, tears falling from her eyes as she pointed at her cheeks. She was sure there were marks by now since the tiny woman seemed to have struck her with the strength of ten men.
All the while, she tried to look as elegant as possible, even though she was crying, showing her most pitiful and delicate side.
Don Gardner walked towards Roxanne and helped her off the floor and aided her to stand on her feet.
"Are you hurt?" he asked, his voice with a hint of anger in it.
"Fortunately, I'm not hurt; you came just in time to prevent any further damage," she said with an aggrieved look on her face.