La)yla H[?^al:e/, a @[f??_allen )_ heire(=ss, scrapes by w*orking at !!-a sm_-all‑)+
town baker^y /$wi^
t-/h :@h!^er twin sons, who . c);)$an shi?:ft into wol*^f /,]cubs_. She!), endures harassment from h *er lecher]^*ous bo+ss and \ `constant hu%nge/r, until h er best fr(@ien_#`d signs `h[er u;[p f o?r th#[e Voss)$-/ Gr# oup Jewelry Competi)^\tion. She retu)rn%s (*^t:+\(o New -\*Y@ork and ins the championship through ?*(her own[` ta_le***nt.
Yet barely@ after .- ;l*!ifti ng the=++%] trophy, she is framed by her malicious adopted s
#i%st *er Maggie]$, w.ho had wronged her in the pa*!st. La_yla=_/[ is fo[rced down(_ o]#/nto a chai;`;r at C[ity Hall and/*- @made (to\ take Maggie’s )place? in ?]marry#+ing t?he notori\ @ous CEO of Vos^:s Group — a man ;rumored %-[to be hideously ugl;:.y, b%)rutal :/ an?d perve.rse#%.
When_:[ .the door swings ope _n, however, the man( who steps forwar_@d is none* other than the !+,one: who ma= _,r:ked h=(er five )$year$/#,s ago — the biolog%!ica*
l* =@;father of h-$e -r two + wolf‑cub sons. What she does not k:!now is tha+[t the: man she ha
\;s sp=@e_nt fiv e years )runnin_ *g$== (from has spent those sa] me# ]five `-?(]years searching for her.
— Fle\$d+@, with m y kids for )]five years, /o+nly for my to%xic (/sister to force‑marr!?\y m!$e to+\ #_the Wolf King ! CEO — who happens? ;/ to$\ be ?,(]my  ) b]
oys’ rea -l father.