Married to Mason Crawford for two years, Summer Thorne became the city's notorious jinx.
As the legitimate Mrs. Crawford, she could only watch helplessly as her own family went bankrupt and her father was convicted, with no one willing to lend a hand.
Mason Crawford looked at her coldly: "Summer Thorne, do you think anyone in Valois would dare to help you if I didn't give the word?"
Everyone watched her hit dead ends everywhere, bruised and battered, standing by with cold indifference.
Until that snowy night in the deep mountains, she was tricked by others and left to walk alone in the snow, when a man on horseback galloped over, pulled her onto his steed, and wrapped her in his embrace.

*

The first time they met, she lit a cigarette for him;
The next time they met, he said, "Miss Thorne, how much are you planning to spend to buy me?"
Timothy York, a gentleman from a prestigious family—upright, dignified, aloof, and noble, a man who had never made a single misstep, praised by everyone in Valois.
Yet, on that one day, Summer Thorne was photographed leaving Timothy York's residence early in the morning.
The entire city was in an uproar.
The most unattainable flower of Valois had actually stolen another man's wife!

*

Everyone said Summer Thorne was a master of seduction, but they received Timothy York's four-word reply—
"I initiated it."
The wind rose in Sombren Forest, and snow fell into his arms.
From the very beginning, it was he who initiated it.

As Evan Cheney spoke, the atmosphere in the office practically dropped to a freezing point.


The feeling of being stared down by Mason Crawford's frigid gaze was simply terrifying.


Throughout the Carrington Group, everyone feared Mason Crawford when he was like this.


But after Evan Cheney finished speaking, a dazed, almost bewildered look flickered through Mason Crawford's eyes.


It was only then that Evan Cheney suddenly realized he might have said too much.


But since he had already gone this far, there seemed to be no point in holding back.


"Given Miss Thorne's character, there are many things she would do, but there are also many things she would never do. Deep down, you know this. It's just that your prejudice against her has always clouded your judgment. You stubbornly believe that everything she does is for some ulterior motive, and even—"


Evan Cheney paused. Mason Crawford's gaze locked onto him once more.


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