A stunning beauty named Vivienne, who grew up in the slums, married Dominic, heir to New York’s most powerful Sterling family. It was a legendary wedding costing 30 million US dollars and broadcast live across the globe. Yet the moment she stepped onto the red carpet in her million-dollar wedding gown, a cold-glowing metal collar snapped shut around her neck — and identical collars appeared on every guest in the crowd at the exact same time.
Standing at the altar, Dominic declared: This is no mere wedding. It is a trial. The collars are designed to detect lies. Three lies, and the collars will constrict, bringing death. Worse still, the judgment does not stop at spoken words. The devices dig up every lie you have ever told in the past, handing down delayed verdicts. Half-truths count as lies too. The only escape lies in **subjective opinions you truly believe in your heart**.
Before the night ends, he intends to uncover one truth: who Vivienne really is, for he has discovered her entire past is a complete fabrication.
Vivienne harbors her own secrets as well. She did not marry into the Sterling family for love. Her true goal is to find her birth mother, who vanished within this mansion twenty years ago. Far from a helpless victim awaiting judgment, Vivienne has long laid out her own intricate schemes in the shadows.
Round after round of ruthless questioning turns the wedding into a brutal battlefield. The matriarch’s polished dignity crumbles, the bridesmaid’s betrayal is laid bare, and a shocking murder buried deep within the family finally comes to light.
The deadliest truth of all looms large: Vivienne may be a blood descendant of the Sterlings, meaning the man she married could well be her own biological brother.
