Design of Love

Janice spent a year trying to earn a place in the Edwards family after discovering she was their long-lost biological daughter. What she got in return was a whip across her back. Her mother Lori delivers the blows herself, convinced by the adopted daughter Delilah that Janice tried to kill her with mango pudding. The allergy is a lie, the tears a performance, but the family only believes Delilah. Janice is ordered to hand over her fashion design draft as penance. That moment kills the last flicker of hope she has. She grabs the same mango pudding, shoves it into Delilah's mouth, and watches as nothing happens. Then she walks out, severs all ties, and signs a severance agreement that leaves the Edwards name behind.

Outside the mansion gates, Aiden Green is waiting. He is the heir to the Greens, a man Delilah rejected for his disability. The Edwards brought Janice back specifically to take Delilah's place as his bride. Aiden proposes a deal: register the marriage, and he will give her the platform and protection she needs to take revenge. It is a cold, practical arrangement—no wedding, no blessings, just a contract. But the partnership shifts when Janice exposes Delilah at a design competition. Delilah wins the crowd with a stolen draft, basking in applause that should be Janice's. Janice stands up, applauds sarcastically, and calls her a "genius of theft." She pulls out a USB drive and a patent certificate showing the real creator is the elusive designer J.E. The finished version flashes on the big screen, making Delilah's copy look like exactly what it is. Janice makes Delilah eat five kilograms of mangoes in front of everyone. The allergy is a lie, and everyone sees it. Then she delivers the final blow: Delilah is blacklisted from the industry for good.

With the Edwards reeling, Janice and Aiden turn toward the Green household. Aiden's illegitimate half-brother Bart works the same manipulative playbook as Delilah—plays the victim, forces sympathy, shifts blame. He stages a fall into a pond and accuses Aiden of pushing him, despite Aiden being in a wheelchair two meters away. Janice dismantles the claim with a single question. Then, alone with Aiden, she discovers his legs were never paralyzed. He has been hiding his recovery for three years, hunting whoever orchestrated the car crash that nearly killed him. She is the first person to see through the act. The trust that forms in that quiet room changes the terms of their arrangement. What began as a cold transaction has turned into two people with scars that match fighting on the same side.