Shattered Love: Claimed By The Rival Boss

“For three years, Elara Vance sacrificed her promising art career to live in the shadows as Julian Carlisle's secret girlfriend. But while sitting in the ER with a severely sprained ankle, she watched the hospital TV announce Julian's grand engagement to the wealthy heiress, Juliana Kensington. When Elara dragged her injured foot back to the estate, Julian shamelessly demanded she stay on as his hidden mistress. After she slapped him and refused, Juliana and Elara's own mother teamed up to frame her for stealing a crystal shoe. Her mother publicly condemned her just to protect her own luxurious lifestyle in the Carlisle mansion. "Close the gates and enforce the house rules!" Julian slapped Elara across the face, ignoring her bleeding ankle, and ordered his guards to drag her into the dark basement to silence her. Elara felt a chilling despair as she looked at the man she had loved and the mother who gave birth to her. Why was her three years of devotion treated like garbage? Why was her own flesh and blood helping outsiders destroy her? As the guards dragged her away, Elara pulled out her shattered phone and dialed a number she hadn't touched in years. "Damian Kensington? You told me you owed me a favor. I'm calling it in." She used her last ounce of strength to summon the one man who could crush them all-Juliana's formidable older brother.”