After her mother's death, the Sinclair family took in Lily Hayes, who in her loneliness fell in love with her nominal stepfather, Victor Sinclair. To protect Lily from the dangerous Cross family, Victor ruthlessly forced her to accept an arranged marriage with the Reid family, making her believe she was just his toy and a bargaining chip. Humiliated, manipulated, and dragged into the intrigues of powerful families, Lily finally decided to escape. But every time she found herself in danger, Victor could not suppress his love: he tore up the marriage contract with his own hands, revealed all the secrets, and declared to the world that she had never been a forbidden temptation, but the only woman he would ever call his wife.