For six years, twenty-four-year-old Maya Chen pours her heart and soul into loving Derek Walsh, her fiancé and the man she thinks will be her forever. She works three jobs to support his struggling law practice, gives up her dreams of becoming a fashion designer, and sacrifices everything to make him happy. But the day before their wedding, Derek destroys her world with seven crushing words: "I'm marrying your stepsister instead of you."
His reason? Her stepsister Vanessa is dying from a heart condition, and her "last wish" is to marry Derek. He promises Maya he'll come back to her after Vanessa passes away, offering her a secondhand marriage like she's a backup plan. Maya laughs bitterly and walks away from the man who broke her heart.
But the betrayal cuts even deeper. Her own family—her stepmother and father—steal everything Maya owns, empty her bank accounts, and throw her out of the house she helped pay for. Everyone thinks she's trapped with nowhere to run and no one to help her.
Then, in her darkest moment, a mysterious and devastatingly handsome billionaire named Ethan Stone appears in her life with an offer she can't refuse: "I'll help you get revenge, but you have to do something for me first—pretend to be my fiancée for six months."
Maya agrees, not knowing that Ethan has his own reasons for wanting to destroy Derek and her family. As she transforms from a broken woman into a powerful force, she discovers she's carrying Derek's baby—a secret that could ruin everything. When Maya returns to face her enemies, victorious and unbroken, Derek falls to his knees, begging for forgiveness. But Maya's heart now belongs to someone else—the man who taught her that she deserves more than scraps of love.
Will Maya choose revenge or forgiveness? Will she tell Derek about the baby? And can she trust that Ethan's feelings are real, or is she just another piece in his revenge game

"That's not me," I say into the microphones, my voice shaking. "I was never at that clinic. Someone faked that photo."


"Then where were you yesterday at 2 PM?" the reporter demands.


"At the police station. Giving a statement about James Walsh attacking Derek."


"Detective Martinez. She interviewed me for hours." I look desperately at Ethan. "Tell them this is fake."


"The photo is clearly doctored," Ethan says firmly. "Someone is trying to destroy Maya's reputation. We'll be pursuing legal action against whoever created this false image."


"But Ms. Chen," another reporter calls out, "you can see the clinic sign clearly in the background. You can see your face, your clothes. How do you explain that?"


"I can't explain a lie!" My voice rises with frustration. "I'm keeping this baby. I would never—"


I stop. My hands instinctively go to my stomach, protective.


Chapter 19 - The Leak