She married a stranger to honor her grandmother’s dying wish.
She woke up in his bed, broken, confused, and forgotten.
Cherry Blaire thought her paper marriage to billionaire heir Gilbert Ace Carter would stay just that, paper. They were strangers bound by obligation, not love. But one night changes everything when she wakes up beside him… and he doesn’t even recognize her.
Haunted by shame and betrayal, Cherry tries to walk away from the marriage quietly, until a cruel trap lures her into the hands of a man who believes he bought her. Trapped, helpless, and on the edge of being destroyed, she calls on the only name that might save her: Gilbert Ace Carter.
But Gilbert is fighting demons of his own, lies, power games, and a heart that’s slowly unraveling everything he thought he knew. As dark secrets rise and enemies close in, Gilbert and Cherry are forced to confront the truth about their past, their hearts, and each other.
Will a marriage born from duty turn into love worth saving? Or will betrayal shatter them before it ever begins?

Chapter 149 - Empty Arms