His crime, my heart
Ten years ago, a hit-and-run accident shattered Elena’s world, leaving her brother Leo dead and her family in ruins. Today, Elena has finally found happiness in the arms of Julian, a man who is as protective as he is wealthy. But their "perfect" romance is a trab, one Julian doesn't know he’s in, and one Elena didn't realize she was the bait for.
On the tenth anniversary of Leo’s death, Elena’s father, Marcus, reveals a soul-crushing truth: Julian is the "ghost" who killed Leo. Marcus didn't go to the police because he wanted a more poetic justice. He manipulated Elena and Julian’s meeting, watching from the shadows as they fell in love. He hands Elena the evidence of Julian’s guilt and demands she fulfill her childhood vow: to destroy the man who took Leo’s life.
The Rising Action
Elena enters a psychological war. She stays with Julian, pretending to love him while secretly working with her father to dismantle Julian’s life. However, the more she digs into Julian’s past, the more she finds a man tortured by remorse. She discovers that Julian has spent years anonymously supporting her family and trying to atone for his "one moment of cowardice."
The tension reaches a breaking point when Elena discovers her father’s own corruption—Marcus knew Julian was the killer years ago and used that information to blackmail Julian’s business, profiting off his son’s death. Elena realizes she is being used as a weapon by a father who values revenge and money more than his daughter’s heart.
Julian, unable to live with the weight of his secret, confesses everything to Elena, offering her his life as payment. Before Elena can decide whether to forgive him or finish him, Marcus intervenes. He attempts to eliminate Julian to cover up his own blackmail schemes. In a final, violent confrontation at the site of the original accident, Elena must choose between the blood-bond of her father and the "criminal" who truly loves her.
To save Elena from her father’s madness, Julian orchestrates his own arrest, handing over evidence that takes down Marcus’s criminal empire while finally confessing to the hit-and-run. Elena is left with a broken heart, but a clear conscience. Years later, after paying his debt to society, Julian finds Elena waiting for him. Their love is no longer a crime, but a hard-won sanctuary built on the ashes of the truth