“Don’t fall in love. It will only bring you misery.”

Cordelia Marguerite, a descendant of a mermaid betrayed by love, endured a miserable upbringing. After losing her mother at a young age, she was mistreated by her relatives and grew up with only one hope: to survive until adulthood, marry her wealthy fiancé, and escape her family.

But everything unravelled when the hereditary illness passed down from her mother finally manifested. Her engagement was called off, and though she now faced a terminal diagnosis, Cordelia was determined not to end her life in sorrow. She set out on a journey, a final rebellion before the end.

However, her first adventure takes a sharp turn when the cruise ship she boards is hijacked by pirates. At the brink of danger, she is rescued by none other than Noah Tudor, the empire’s celebrated war hero and a ruthless financier.

“Thank you… You saved my life.”

“I doubt your life is all you owe me.”

Noah, the infamous head of the powerful Raven Bank, demands repayment of a massive debt left by Cordelia’s father. Now terminally ill and bankrupt, Cordelia is forced to make a desperate deal to buy just one more year of freedom.

“So, you’re trying to seduce me now because you’re broke?”

“I-I wasn’t trying to seduce–”

“Then you should let me buy you. What kind of gentleman refuses a lady who’s this eager to sell everything she has?”

Despite his sharp tongue and cold demeanour, Noah is endlessly kind and dazzling. To someone like Cordelia, who spent her life like a thirsty fish in a dried-up pond, he crashes into her world like the vast, overwhelming sea.

Love and affection are the roots of all unhappiness. But can Cordelia truly go to her grave without ever falling in love with him?

A Harlequin-style romance between a frail yet feisty, debt-ridden mermaid girl and Noah Tudor, the irrationally chivalrous creditor who slowly breaks down her walls.

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