Escape His World

Zoe Miller, a brilliant scholarship student, dates wealthy heir Preston Vanderbilt for three years. On her birthday, she catches him passionately kissing freshman Chloe in the rain. Instead of making a scene, Zoe quietly cuts him off and applies for an LSE exchange program to escape the toxic relationship. Preston spirals into despair and refuses to let her go, while his wealthy father threatens to sabotage Zoe’s academic career to force her to reconcile with Preston and unite their family with Chloe’s business clan. Zoe stands firm against all power-based intimidation, successfully defends her research in a public academic hearing and clears her name. She builds a fulfilling academic life in London, earns a Harvard PhD, meets a sincere partner and finds self-worth beyond love. Preston marries Chloe under family pressure but lives an empty, regretful life, only finding mild redemption through charity work years later.