She, the Snare

Charlotte was called home to honour a marriage agreement she had never wanted. Her stepmother had manipulated her and dumped her abroad two years before, and the summons back was calculated. She was born the daughter of a chancellor, in another era, and had ended up in the modern world as a discarded heiress. In the two years abroad she had become an embroidery master with an international reputation. She came back to the family without telling them who she now was, and used the engagement as her way in. The plan was to take Cheng's Apparel off her stepmother piece by piece. The takeover went as intended. The engagement did not. Frederick, the fiancé, runs Apex Group, and what he feels for her is straightforward and sincere, which she had not planned for.