Liang Ruoxi was born to shine — with a beauty so rare it could steal the breath of kings and queens alike. Yet the people closest to her — her own family — only saw her as a pawn.
To fuel her stepsister’s dreams of stardom, Ruoxi was betrayed and sold to the infamous underground bar, *The Red Lotus*, a place where beauty was bought and dreams were crushed.
On the night of her greatest despair, a man entered her life like a dark storm.
Mo Zhen— the ruthless, untouchable CEO known as the Devil of the Business World — was a man who claimed he had no heart left to give.
Yet when his eyes locked onto Ruoxi, fragile yet unbreakable on the stage, he did the unthinkable: he bought her freedom at an unimaginable price.
Bound by a cold contract and burning chemistry, Ruoxi becomes his hidden mistress — a secret possession in a world that demands masks and mercilessness.
But what began as a deal slowly crumbles under the weight of forbidden emotions neither of them can control.
When Ruoxi discovers she’s pregnant with his twins, she chooses to vanish, determined to protect the only love she’s ever known — her children — even if it means breaking her own heart.
Years later, standing under the spotlight as a rising star, she faces him again — fiercer, colder, hiding secrets that could shatter them both.
Mo Zhen will stop at nothing to claim what’s his — his woman, his children, and their stolen future.
But in a world built on betrayal, can two broken hearts still find a way to heal... or will the past destroy them before they ever get their happily ever after?