Selina stood on the rooftop balcony, icy wind lashing against her skin, but it couldn't compare to the storm raging inside her heart.
She gripped the letter tighter, her nails digging painfully into her palm.
"I'm… your grandfather's daughter?" Her voice was barely a whisper, yet it shattered the air between them.
Damian stood just a step away, his eyes dark and unreadable. The cold-hearted business emperor who once dominated every room now seemed… lost.
"Selina, it's not what you think." His voice was low, his fists clenched so hard his knuckles turned white.
Selina took a shaky step back. "Then what is it, Damian? Tell me! Are we… related?" Her voice cracked at the end, eyes brimming with tears she refused to let fall.
Damian closed the distance between them in one swift movement, his hands gripping her shoulders.
"No! Even if fate tries to bind us with this bloodline nonsense, you're not my sister, Selina. You're mine. And nothing—no one—will take you from me."
Selina struggled to break free, but his grip only tightened.
"Let me go, Damian! This… this is wrong! The whole world will call us monsters!"
Damian's jaw clenched, his voice hoarse with suppressed emotion."Then let the world burn! I don't care about the rules, the families, the bloodlines. I only care about you!"
Selina's heart thudded painfully against her ribs.
Just when she thought she could hold back no longer, Damian leaned in, his breath warm against her trembling lips.
"Selina…" he whispered, his forehead pressing gently against hers. "Tell me to stop, and I will. But if you stay silent… I will spend the rest of my life breaking every rule just to keep you by my side."
Time seemed to stop.
Selina's lips parted, but no words came out.
A single tear slid down her cheek.
The air crackled with tension. Just as their lips were about to meet—
"Miss Jiang!"
An urgent voice called from behind.
Selina and Damian snapped apart. One of her mother's old confidants stood there, pale and trembling.
"There's more… about your mother's death. It wasn't an accident. And if you want the truth—about everything—you must come with me. Now."
Selina turned to Damian, torn between forbidden love and uncovering the secrets that destroyed her family.
One step forward… and everything could change forever.
Fade to black.