by john1208·Translated by Novel AI Studio
The morning began ordinarily enough: rain tapping against the glass, the kettle whistling. Then, Kasia Voron collapsed in agony. Bleeding on the bathroom floor, she called her husband, Toris, only to hear him soothing his "fragile" ex-girlfriend, Talia. Toris never came to the hospital. He left Kasia to miscarry alone in the eerie, fog-choked silence of the ward. That day, the chronically kind, forgiving wife died. In her place awoke the hidden billionaire heiress of the Voron Syndicate - and Valdaro's most terrifying defense attorney. Filing for divorce, Kasia steps out of the shadows to systematically annihilate Toris's corporate legal team. As Toris discovers Talia faked every illness and victimization, he desperately tries to grovel for Kasia's forgiveness. He is met only by the icy stare of Rurik Sarnov, a ruthless mafia boss who harbors a bittersweet, unspoken love for Kasia, treating her like fragile glass. But beneath her cold courtroom victories, Kasia hides a suffocating secret: nobody mentioned the lethal 21-day syndicate blood-pact triggered by the divorce. If she doesn't legally bankrupt Toris in time, her younger brother's life is forfeit. Can she weaponize her broken heart before the silent clock runs out?
