Forced To Marry, My Husband Is The Secret Billionaire

Sophie Barnes has spent her life as the unwanted orphan in her uncle's house. On her cousin Alice's wedding day, she catches Alice with Sophie's own boyfriend David in the dressing room. A slap, a shattered bouquet, and a family in crisis—the groom's family cannot be humiliated. Alice refuses to marry the disfigured Adrian Knight, so Sophie's aunt Michelle leans close with the only currency that matters: the whereabouts of the mother Sophie lost twenty years ago. Sophie puts on the veil and walks down the aisle toward a tall man in a black mask. At the altar, Adrian strokes her thumb gently, then presses a kiss to her forehead instead of her lips. The ring he places on her finger is the Sunset Flame, a stone matched only by a princess. Later at the reception, his half-brother Rory mocks the mask and deliberately pours red wine down Sophie's chest. Adrian snaps Rory's wrist without a word, yanks his hair, and empties the bottle over his head. Their father Mike disowns Adrian on the spot. Stripped of his money and properties, Adrian follows Sophie to her cramped apartment, where he sleeps on the couch and stacks her magazines while she's not looking. When she shoves her last two hundred dollars into his palm for new clothes, he stares at the crumpled bills—no one has ever pitied him before. The landlord arrives with wandering eyes and an indecent proposal. Adrian punches him to the floor. Evicted, they wander the street with suitcases until a stranger in sunglasses offers a luxury penthouse for a thousand dollars. Sophie thinks it's a scam, but Adrian is already following the man inside. The place is enormous, everything gleaming with wealth. They move in that night.

Sophie's design firm is acquired by Pinnacle Group, and all designers must take a live exam. She sketches a men's ring to pair with the diamond on her finger, engraving a tiny K on the band for "Knight." Her superior Leila steals the design, and Sophie receives a termination email the next day. At the company entrance, security blocks her—former employees are not allowed inside. Adrian appears, calmly removes his mask just enough for the guard to see, and the man's face changes instantly. Sophie catches only a glimpse of smooth, unscarred skin before being rushed inside. She demands a live design-off against Leila, and when the new CEO himself approves the challenge, the K on her band proves the truth in minutes. Leila is fired on the spot and blacklisted. Then a woman arrives claiming to be Sophie's long-lost mother. She brings homemade cookies, calls her "Soph," and spins a story about escaping loan sharks. Sophie hugs her tight and forgives everything—until the woman collapses with end-stage kidney failure. Sophie shares the rare O-negative blood type and volunteers her kidney immediately. Adrian grabs her wrist and refuses to let her go. They fight fiercely. At the hospital, Sophie discovers a mentally disabled man clinging to the woman's leg, calling her "mom." She scrubs the woman's face with a wet towel and the foundation wipes away, revealing a stranger underneath. The whole thing was a plot by Michelle to steal Sophie's kidney. Michelle is sent abroad that night, but the damage is done. Sophie throws herself back into work, where a mysterious client named Angie Crawford specifically requests her designs. Then David sends a wedding invitation, holding her mother's bracelet as bait. Sophie walks into the wedding lounge, and David locks the door behind her.