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Dylan Fontanilla had everything a man could ever ask for... a successful career, a promising future, and the woman he loved more than his own life. To him, his world was already perfect.Until one morning, that perfection was torn apart.He woke up to the cruel truth that his girlfriend was about to marry another man. The reason was even more painful: she had betrayed him, and her parents had forced her into marriage after discovering her infidelity.In a single breath, Dylan lost the love he thought would be his forever.Then, on one reckless and drunken night, fate led him to Kaia Clemente, the longtime best friend and forbidden lover of his ex-girlfriend’s fiancé. Two broken souls collided, bound by the same betrayal.From that night, a dangerous plan was born.If he could no longer have the woman he loved, then he would take the woman meant for the man who stole her. If this was a war of stolen hearts, Dylan vowed he would never be the one to lose.What began as a game of revenge turned into a game of desire.Love was never part of the plan.Yet fate had its own twisted sense of humor. What Dylan never expected was that their reckless scheme would lead them not to destruction… but to the altar, standing before God, exchanging vows neither of them planned, yet both would soon be unable to escape.Because in a game that began with betrayal, only one question remained:Was their marriage built on revenge… or was it destined to become real love?

Lyana Dela Merced grew up with nothing but grit and determination. Life had never been kind to her. From abandoned by her lover, and later losing her only child to illness, she learned the hard way that pain doesn’t pause for anyone. But even when the world kept breaking her heart, she refused to stay down. Her younger brother, who battled mental illness, depended on her strength, and that was enough reason for Lyana to keep fighting. From one side job to another, Lyana took on every decent work she could find just to survive. Cleaning houses, waiting tables, running errands—name it, she’s done it. So when her doctor friend one night offered her a stable job with the wealthy Tejada family, she didn’t think twice. But what she didn’t expect was that the job came with a shocking twist. Instead of being hired as a simple housekeeper, the Tejadas wanted her to be their surrogate mother. They couldn’t have a child of their own, and they wanted Lyana to carry the baby for them. Torn between desperation and morality, she faced an impossible choice: become the billionaire’s baby maker, or walk away from the one chance that could change her family’s life forever. Years later, fate plays its hand again. The widowed Preston Tejada crosses paths with Lyana Dela Merced, the woman who once carried his child. Old secrets resurface, hearts begin to stir, and both must confront a past that refuses to stay buried. Can Lyana right the wrongs she once made with the Tejada family? Or will she find herself falling for the very man she was never meant to love?