

At nine months pregnant, I was in the final stretch of my term, and my body heavy with a baby due any day. But my husband, Vito Falcone, underboss of the family, had locked me away. He held me in a sterile underground medical room and injected me with a labor suppressant. As I screamed in agony, he coldly told me to endure it. Because his brother's widow, Scarlett, was expected to go into labor at the exact same time. A blood oath he'd made with his late brother declared that the firstborn son would inherit the family's lucrative West Coast territory. "That inheritance belongs to Scarlett's child," he said. "With Daemon gone, she is utterly alone and destitute. You have my love, Alessia. All of it. I just need her to deliver safely. Then it's your turn." The drug was a constant, agonizing torment. I begged him to take me to a hospital. He grabbed me by the throat, forcing me to meet his icy gaze. "Stop the act! I know you're fine. You’re just trying to steal the inheritance." "To get ahead of Scarlett, you'll stop at nothing." My face was ashen. My body convulsed as I managed a desperate whisper. "The baby's coming. I don't care about the inheritance. I just love you, and I want our child to be born safely!" He sneered. "If you were really that innocent, if you had an ounce of love for me, you wouldn't have forced Scarlett to sign that prenup, waiving her child's inheritance rights." "Don't worry, I'll be back for you after she's given birth. you're carrying my own flesh and blood, after all." He kept a vigil outside Scarlett's delivery room all night. It was only after seeing the newborn in her arms that he remembered me. He finally sent his second in command, Marco, to release me. But when Marco finally called, his voice was shaking. "Boss... the missus and the baby... they're gone." In that moment, Vito Falcone shattered.

Katelyn clashes with her cheating ex at a fancy restaurant, accidentally splattering Texas brisket on elite surgeon Benjamin. He hires her to pretend to be his fiancée for ten dollars to disrupt his rigid medical family. Her bold, down-to-earth personality melts the household's cold etiquette, cures Benjamin's long-term anorexia, and unravels his trauma over his late brother. As they bicker and bond over homemade barbecue, the fake engagement blooms into genuine love, with Katelyn's secret rich uncle shocking high-society gossips.

Fresh graduate Ben develops hemorrhoids from eating excessive spicy food. When he goes to the hospital for treatment, he finds his attending doctor is Ethan, the son of his stepfather. The first digital rectal exam fills Ben with overwhelming embarrassment. The two keep crossing paths due to their awkward doctor-patient bond. Though Ethan appears cold and reserved on the surface, he cares about Ben in quiet ways, constantly reminding him to stay away from spicy food and even visiting his place late at night to look after him after surgery. Gradually, Ben falls for Ethan. He deliberately eats spicy dishes just to get another chance to see him, and the pair keep testing each other's feelings amid tangled emotional tension. Struggling with inner turmoil, Ethan once pushes Ben away. Later, Ben dates a girl briefly yet cannot let go of Ethan. A follow-up clinic visit shatters the wall between them. After misunderstandings, heartfelt confessions and acceptance from their family, they open up about their true feelings, heal each other's past wounds, settle down together in a cozy little home with a cat, and achieve mutual emotional healing.