After years of neglect from her wealthy parents Miles Bennett and May Bradford—who clearly favored their adopted daughter Emily—Sophie Bennett's life took its cruelest turn: she was framed and imprisoned for a hit-and-run Emily actually committed. Though released when the college exam results proved her innocence, Sophie faced her brothers' sneering pity with icy resolve. At the victory banquet, her perfect national top-score wasn't just academic triumph—it was the final humiliation for the family who'd betrayed her.