Some stories start off like a fairytale.
Some start off mediocre.
Phoebe's started with untold tragedies.
With a burning desire for freedom.
A father who hates her.
Where she’s taught neglect and abuse is love.
She will stop at nothing to escape and reach her dreams.


Taeyung was a boy raised to be a monster.
A man with a deadly obsession.
Where power through fear and blood became a second language.
Her fire, her bite, her strength.
It was a trap and he fell right in.
Consumed by a desperation to own her.
He’d burn the world for her.
Tear down empires.
Nothing will stop him.
He would have her or no one else would.

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*This is a slow burn, enemies to lovers, Cinderella story with a kick ass female lead, who breaks through your typical narrative. The male lead is toxic and has a lot of growth to make but he does grow! So give him a chance, he may impress you*

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"I need to decorate for Christmas! There's no way I'm celebrating without a Christmas tree."


"Christmas is this week, Phoebe. Plus, isn't Hannah coming to visit with her parents?"


"That's the point! I want to have them over. Come on, let's go Christmas tree shopping tonight. Pleaseeee, Taeyung."


"Alright, I'll see if I can shift my work around. Let me call Mr. Jin."


I was so excited. My first Christmas with a tree in over ten years.


He was letting me go crazy if I wanted to, too.


"I just want you to think of it as investing in our home. This money that I make, it's our money. Spend it on our future."


His words held no ulterior motive. It was genuine.


"This is still so unbelievable to me." My gaze shifted around the living room. "I never expected I'd marry a rich man."


He let the sentence hang in the air, heavy.


Chapter 217 - A Goddess