Synopsis

Mailahhasspentherlifesearchingforsomethingshecouldn’tname—untilthedayfatebringsherfacetofacewithhertwinsister,Lailah,afterfifteenyearsapart.Raisedinseparateworlds—oneofhardship,theotherofelegance—thesistersarefinallyreunited.Theirtimetogetherisfleeting…butunforgettable.AndthenLailahdropsashatteringtruth:she'sdying.AfterLailah’sdeath,Mailahreceivestwoletters—onerevealingahiddenlife,theotherofferingherachoicethatbordersontheunthinkable.Lailahhadbeenmarriedtoareclusivebillionairewhoneverknewshewasill.Andnow,she’sgivingMailahthechancetostepintohershoes,totakeherplaceinaworldofunimaginableluxury—andcarefullyburiedlies.Withonlyaweddingphotoandcrypticinstructionstoguideher,Mailahentersasprawlingestatewherenoonegreetsher,noonequestionsherpresence…andnooneseemstocarethatLailahhaschanged.Daysblurintosilence.Weekspasswithoutaglimpseofthemanshe’smeanttocallherhusband.Untilonenight,thebedroomdoorcreaksopen.Hewalksin—herhusband,smellingofwhiskeyandloss.Tall.Devastating.Tragic.Drunkonsorrow,hecallsher“Lailah”withachingtendernessandreachesforherlikeamangraspingatadream.Histouchsendsfirethroughherveins,andinthatmoment,Mailahrealizes:nothinginLailah’sletterspreparedherforhim.Heisnotjusthandsome—he’smagnetic,burdenedwithmystery,andunknowinglygrievingawomanwho’salreadygone.ButasMailahfallsdeeperintohisworld—andhisarms—shemusttreadcarefully.Sheislivingalieinthenameoflove,andthetruthcouldruineverything.Canalovebornofdeceptionstillbereal?Andifhediscoverswhoshereallyis…willhechooseheranyway?