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I was Charlotte Sutton, the Sutton heiress everyone in the Vancroix Circle envied. I had a fiancé named James Goodwin—handsome, devoted, and from a family as powerful as mine. That was until my so-called "good sister," Emily Sutton, came to me sobbing, begging me to take the blame for a hit-and-run accident she caused. Emily pleaded, "Charlotte, James can't live without you, and he could never marry a woman with a criminal record. Please, just help me this once. When you get out, we'll still be family." Ten years in prison cost me everything. When I finally walked free, I saw James kneeling before Emily, slipping my engagement ring onto her finger in a grand proposal. My parents stood by, smiling with gentle affection.