
He joked to his friends that he'd rather die heirless than have a child with her.
But when he was faced with the handful of ashes she left him, he lost his mind!
For three years, the entire city knew that Ava Sterling was Ethan Ford's forbidden topic, a name no one dared to utter.
Yet, they didn't know that he woke from his dreams in tears every night, his longing for her driving him to the brink of insanity.
Until one day at an art exhibition, she was in her element, explaining the artworks, effortlessly switching between five languages and commanding the entire room!
Ethan, his eyes red, trapped the woman by his side: "Please... toy with me."
She gently pushed him away, "I don't play with the same man twice."