My Fiancé's Scandals Never End, So I Married His Uncle Instead

CeliaSterling,heiressoftheSterlingConglomerate,isdazzlinglybeautifulandcharming,yetproudandhaughty.Inthisworld,onlyKianSterlingcanbehermaster.So,hemadethedecisiontobetrothhertoDeclanNash,theeldestsonoftheequallypowerfulNorwoodConglomerate.DeclanNash,anotoriousanduntamableplayboy,fellforCeliaSterlingatfirstsight.AfterpleadingwithKianSterlingforayear,hefinallymadethetitanofthefinancialworldrelent:”Ifyoucanremainchasteformysister,youmaymarryher.“DeclanNashabstainedfromworldlydesiresforthreeyearsandfinallysecuredaweddingdate.Withtheinterestsoftheirpowerfulfamiliesboundbythemarriagealliance,andconfidentthatmarryingCeliaSterlingwasaforegoneconclusion,herevealedhistruenaturebyhavingabachelorpartythreemonthsbeforethewedding.KianSterling'svoicewasfaint:”DeclanNashisnolongeranoption.“…TheheadoftheNorwoodFamily,SilasNorwood,isreserved,aloof,andnoble—anunattainablemoonintheskythatsocialitesyearnforbutcanneverreach.WhenKianSterlingbroughtCeliaSterlingtocallofftheengagement,SilasNorwoodnonchalantlydismissedit:”MynephewDeclanNashispreposterous,butthemarriagealliancebetweenourtwofamiliesinvolvestoomanyentangledinterests.MissSterling,thisengagementcannotbebroken.“HisgazerestedquietlyonCeliaSterling'sface,hisexpressionunruffled:”Howaboutswitchingtome?“KianSterlingscoffed:”TheunattainableMoonlightyearnedforbythesocialitesisabouttodescendintothemortalworld?“SilasNorwoodloweredhisgaze:”Forabusinessman,interestscomefirst.Whynotenterthegamemyself?“…Later,withred-rimmedeyes,DeclanNashcorneredSilasNorwoodintheNorwoodfamily'sancestralhall:“Whatdoyoumean,'enterthegamemyself'?Thiswasclearlypremeditatedallalong!”