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Three years ago, for the sake of a murderer's son, I knelt in the ancestral hall and willingly gave up my identity as the heir of the Vance family. And then he turned around and climbed into my archrival's bed. I was "exiled" overseas, becoming the laughingstock of the entire elite circle. Three years later, I return. At my cousin's engagement banquet, everyone waits to see the fallen former heir make a fool of herself. But then, my archrival strides in on her high heels, silhouetted against the light, and steps in front of me: "Seraphina Vance, have you regressed that much? Those worthless lot from earlier—they're not even fit to bark in your presence." I smile. It makes her so angry she nearly jumps out of her skin. Later, my company Starscape Technologies takes the world by storm. Those who once mocked me now come crawling, begging for partnerships. And my contract boyfriend—Orion Sterling, the notoriously rebellious "true heir" of the Sterling family—corners me in the conference room, his eyes rimmed with red: "Darling, you think you can just use me and run? Our contract… is for life."