Su Wanqing clawed her way out of the dark, out of depression, out of the wreckage her family was left with, and swore she would never hit rock bottom again. All she needs now is the job that keeps her alive. What she does not count on is that the company's untouchable CEO is Lu Jingheng: the man who once loved her, then shattered her with a staged affair and words cruel enough to end everything. Six years later he is colder than ever, and Wanqing has no intention of forgiving a traitor. But as their clashes soften into something quieter, she begins to notice the cracks in his cruelty, and to suspect that the betrayal that broke her was never what it seemed. Behind Lu Jingheng's silence lies a bargain he struck with his own family to protect her, a truth he would rather let her hate him for than reveal. In a world of arranged engagements, boardroom betrayals, and a powerful clan that will burn anything to keep control, Wanqing learns that some sacrifices are not devotion, they are a cage. A slow-burn, second-chance office romance about the difference between being protected and being trusted.