Chapter 1

It was the third year I'd been running my flower shop to keep my boyfriend, Leo Donovan, afloat, and he'd just declared bankruptcy. Again.

The first time, I'd sold the house my grandma left me for him, paying off $100,000.

The second time, I'd dug out the savings account my mom had left for my dowry, and paid off $250,000.

This third time, I stared into his lost, vacant eyes, my fingers clutching the number of my billionaire father—the man who, in my mind, had been dead to me for years. I hesitated, wondering if I should dial.

But that very night, I accidentally saw a message pop up on a private SnapChat group on his tablet:

"Hey Leo, what should we put for the contract amount this time? For the bankruptcy repayment, I mean."

"Put $1.5 million. Otherwise, the little flower girl will just pay it off in one go again. So boring, right?"

"Leo always has the best games. I hear the little flower girl keeps the flowers blooming by day and keeps you 'blooming' by night. You never get tired of playing with her, huh?"

I slowly put down his tablet and dialed my billionaire father.

"You just want to force me to take over the family business and marry your protégé, don't you? Fine. I'll marry him."

"Send someone to pick me up in three days."

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