The Wanted Bride

Evelyn Cross is the most inconspicuous adopted daughter of the Cross family—quiet, reserved, and submissive. No one knows she harbors a secret that has made her the target of a global manhunt for three years: she is the legendary hacker codenamed "Phantom," the one who single-handedly brought down a multi-billion-dollar arms empire using nothing but a laptop. For three years, she has lived an ordinary life within the Cross household—until her adoptive mother orders her to take her sister Vanessa's place in marriage to the Knight family heir, a man rumored to be disfigured and crippled. Damian Knight appears to be a wheelchair-bound laughingstock of high society, his face scarred and disfigured. In reality, he is the uncrowned king of the underworld—codenamed "Cerberus." That "accident" was a ruse of his own making; his wheelchair is a weapon, and his mask conceals his true self. For five years, no one has breached his fortress—until the night three assassins infiltrated the estate, only to be silently taken down by this "meek adopted daughter" who had been sent to marry him in another's stead. Two elite powerhouses, both masquerading as invalids, are forced to live under the same roof. She secretly changes his dressings in the blind spots of the surveillance cameras, while he quietly eliminates the assassins hunting her without her knowledge. They test each other, offer covert protection, and feign mutual respect at the dinner table—all while wondering when the other will f