On the night her cheating fiancé, Kevin, meets a sudden and violent death, Lyla is sold off cheap by her biological mother, only to be saved in public by her fiancé's younger brother, Sean. Seizing the opportunity, she poses as a helpless orphan, executing a calculated rise within the Gu family—where Mrs. Gu treats her like dirt, Sean views her as a plaything, and Kevin, who faked his death to lurk in the shadows, uses her as a pawn. Everyone believes they are controlling the chessboard, right up until the downfall of the Gu empire: Kevin goes bankrupt under thirty billion in debt, Sean is imprisoned for murder, and Mrs. Gu loses her mind. Wiping away her final tear, Lyla stands atop the penthouse overlooking the ruins—realizing that in the end, the Gu family throne was meant for her alone.
