Synopsis

Intheseventhyearoftheirrelationship,HollyCrowediscoveredshehadbeencheatedonforfouryears.Shedecisivelyresignedandbrokeofftheengagement,sheddingherstereotypicalimage,andbecamestunninglybeautiful.Shethoughtherlifehadturnedthepage,butunexpectedly,Beldon'sfamouslynobleBlakeSinclairalwaysappearedaroundherinadvertentlyandappropriatelysteppedintoherlife.Shedidn'tknowwhathisintentionswere.Justasshedidn'tknow,hehadalreadywaitedforherfortenyearsintheriveroftime.BlakeSinclair,amemberofBeldon'sprestigiousSinclairFamily,wasthemostproperandself-restrainedgentlemaninthebusinessworld,withthefamily'sthreehundredandtwenty-onerulesengravedintohisbones.Butinaplaceunknowntoanyone,hehadsilentlylovedHollyCrowefortenyears.Witnessingherhumbledevotiontoascumbag,BlakeSinclairrestrainedhimselfandalwaysdarednotcrosstheline,untilsheturnedaway,andhebegantotakecalculatedsteps.EveryBeldonianknowsthattheSinclairFamilyislikeajadetree,refinedandgraceful,butonlyHollyCroweknowsthemadnesshiddenbeneathhisnobility.Later,whenherex-boyfriendregretfullycametoseekreconciliation,BlakeSinclair,abandoninghisusualrestraint,directlypinnedheragainstthedoor,rubbingtheredmoleonherwaistwithhisthumb,hisvoicehoarse:“Holly,don'tlookathim,I'llgocrazy.”“TheSinclairFamilyRuleNo.321:Donottakeadvantageofone'svulnerability.Butifit'syou,Idon'tmindbeingasinner.”