After an accidental night of passion, struggling actress Serena wakes up next to her cold, untouchable "fake husband," Julian Smith—CEO of a massive entertainment empire. To hide her 13-year secret crush, she lies, claiming she only slept with him to get a movie role. Disgusted, Julian labels her a manipulative gold-digger. Thus begins a torturous game of emotional push-and-pull.
Julian publicly acts like a heartless tyrant, but behind the scenes, he is fiercely overprotective. He will silently crack walnuts for her, risk his own life to shield her from a falling chandelier, and ruthlessly destroy anyone in the industry who dares to touch her. Yet, a massive shadow looms over them: Julian is convinced Serena is deeply in love with his golden-boy half-brother, Arthur, due to a stolen love letter from 13 years ago. He thinks he is nothing but a pathetic substitute.
What Julian doesn't know is that the boy who saved Serena from a freezing blizzard 13 years ago wasn't Arthur. It was Julian all along. When a shattered silver pocket watch finally reveals the truth of the initials "J.L.", the misunderstandings burn to ash. Watch as the ruthless billionaire tears down his own empire just to claim the woman who has always been his.
