Introduction

Sarah Miller, a daughter of privilege and engaged to a scion of society, watches her world collapse when her beloved, patriotic father, a revered CEO, is abruptly arrested for economic espionage.

Desperate, she seeks out the cold, formidable lead prosecutor, Ethan Hayes, only to find herself trapped in an unimaginable predicament.

He exploits her anguish, demanding a degrading personal price for his "help," leaving her utterly humiliated and forced to buy a morning-after pill after their first encounter.

A lifeline appears when her childhood friend, David Chen, unearths critical information: the flash drive linking her father to the crime was exclusively manufactured by a rival corporation, screaming "frame-up."

But instead of hope, David's discovery only intensifies Ethan' s sinister control.

Dismissing the new evidence, he grows openly possessive, declaring Sarah his "asset" and clamping down on her every move, explicitly forbidding her association with David.

He even brazenly orchestrates their living arrangements, moving into the adjacent suite in her supposed safe house.

Her father' s freedom now hangs by a thread, contingent on Ethan' s opaque machinations.

But as Sarah's dignity erodes under his relentless grip, she's left questioning whether saving her father means she'll be forever imprisoned in Ethan' s luxurious, yet suffocating, golden cage.