
![[ENG DUB] Locked in a Defective Heart](https://acfs3.goodshort.com/dist/src/assets/images/pc/common/f901131c-default-book-cover.png)
Kit Vane is a genius engineer who pulls a malfunctioning robot PWL-000 from the discard pile on instinct, more curiosity than compassion. The robot is technically flawed, classified as a reject, and by every rational measure not worth saving. Kit saves him anyway. What begins as clinical interest quietly becomes something neither of them has a category for. The robot's devotion starts as programmed loyalty and evolves into something that looks unmistakably like longing. Kit, who understands machines better than people, finds herself understood in return in ways she never anticipated. But underneath the robot’s growing attachment lies a secret sealed long before Kit ever found him, a love so vast and so carefully hidden that when it finally surfaces, it reframes everything that came before. Two beings bound by fate neither one chose, falling into feelings neither one was built to name.

Ethan married into a wealthy family under a false identity, secretly pouring his resources into supporting his wife Sophia and her family. Sophia’s assistant, Lucas, recklessly spent Ethan’s money and even humiliated him, so Ethan froze his card. Sophia held a grudge against him for it.Using her birthday as an excuse, she tricked Ethan into coming to a high-end restaurant. She had his valuables taken away and his bank cards frozen in advance, then brought along her friends and relatives to publicly mock and humiliate him, even allowing a wealthy socialite to bully him.Just when Ethan was backed into a corner, the bank president arrived to stand up for him, publicly exposing Ethan’s true identity as the heir to one of the world’s most powerful elite families.Sophia and her father were stunned. They immediately punished Lucas and tried to win Ethan back. But Ethan was already heartbroken. He signed the divorce papers on the spot and began crushing Sophia’s family through his immense power.In the end, Ethan left Sophia behind with nothing but regret, walking away with the woman who had always secretly loved him.