The girl who promised forever

From the moment Elena stepped into the grand Lu estate, she was drawn to the boy with eyes like winter—Lucas Lu, the brilliant heir of a powerful Chinese conglomerate. Cold. Silent. Distant. But in her childish heart, he was everything. And she, the lively girl with a voice like spring, vowed she would stay by his side forever.



But forever shattered too soon.



When her beloved mother and grandfather perished in a mysterious accident, Elena’s world collapsed. Left in the hands of a cruel stepmother and a greedy man who claimed to be her father, she bore the bruises behind a smile. Only at the Lu residence did she find fleeting warmth—and the quiet, hidden protection of Lucas.



Then, one rainy morning when she was just eight, Elena vanished.

Only her backpack remained… and with it, the beginning of Lucas’s deepest regret.



Years later, she returns—not as the soft, cheerful girl he once knew, but as Elena William, the heiress of a powerful European legacy. Poised. Graceful. Distant. The fire in her eyes is different now—stronger, colder. Lucas, now a man forged in ice and ambition, is unprepared for the storm her return brings.



As love, guilt, obsession, and buried secrets surface, the lines between past and present blur.

In a world ruled by wealth and betrayal, can a childhood promise still hold meaning?



Or was “forever” just a dream spoken too soon?