The rise of the abandoned wife
After six years of pouring her youth into a hollow marriage, all Laoise Douglas received in return was her husband’s betrayal and the world’s cold contempt.
Viewed by her own family as a mere disposable object—yet relentlessly exploited until she was bled dry—she was once a radiant gem, now worn down and stripped of her luster.
Fate, however, led her to Arthur Hightower, an arrogant, cold-blooded CEO known for his stoic and abstinent nature. He was a guest, then her superior—a man who stood in a world entirely unreachable to her. At first, she was nothing special in his eyes; he even harbored a hint of disdain for her weak, submissive endurance.
But from the ashes of her shattered marriage, and through Arthur’s stern "lessons," Laoise underwent a total transformation.
No longer the passive, suffering wife, she bloomed into a resilient rose, using her sharp thorns to strike back at those who once trampled upon her. Bit by bit, her silent strength and the tenderness she found after the storm began to crack Arthur’s icy exterior.
The man who once looked down on her found himself hopelessly enchanted—body and soul—by the very woman he never deigned to notice. By the time he realized it, the fire in his heart was unquenchable.
Their journey, from two parallel lines to a fateful intersection, weaves a story of healing, growth, and the courage to love once more.
As Arthur once mused: "The journey of loving you is the 'Laoise Hightower' era of my life."
