Adrian Kael was born into privilege — the son of a powerful business family, raised with expectation in his blood.
From a young age, he excelled at everything — academics, sports, strategy — the kind of boy people predicted would inherit the world.
But what he remembered most about his childhood wasn't the trophies or lessons in power.
It was her.
Seraphina Noir — the girl next door with laughter brighter than sunlight and eyes that saw straight through him.
They grew up side by side, a pair of inseparable souls.
She was wild and radiant; he was calm and steady.
Together, they were balance.
But life — and ambition — pulled them apart.
When Adrian turned sixteen, he was sent overseas to continue his studies and prepare for his family's international expansion.
Letters turned to silence.
And by the time he built his own empire abroad, years had already passed.
Then, one night, he saw her name on the news — her father's tragic death.
The headline that shattered her world became the one that brought him back.
He returned home quietly, his success already legendary, his name known across the business world.
But his true reason for coming back wasn't business.
It was her.
When they met again, she was no longer the carefree girl he remembered — she was colder, sharper, untouchable.
The world called her ruthless. Adrian just saw a woman trying to survive.
Now, in boardrooms and private meetings, they stand as equals — rivals on paper, opposites in public.
But behind every challenge, every look, every argument, lies the truth he's carried for years:
He never stopped loving her.
And no matter how high her walls, he'll keep finding ways to make her fall — not with force, but with the kind of devotion she no longer believes exists.