**Lawyer & Art Conservator (Pure Romance & Second Chance Love)**
Emily Learoyd had just been dumped by her boyfriend, and to make matters worse, her career was hanging by a thread.
Desperate to keep her job, she swallowed her pride and offered a sincere apology.
Grandpa Lawrence, however, had other plans. "Marry my grandson," he declared.
Just like that, she found herself in a whirlwind marriage to Jonathan Lawrence, a high-powered lawyer. Surprisingly, their married life turned out to be harmonious—at least on the surface.
As an orphan, Emily had always yearned for a family of her own.
But Jonathan was haunted by guilt over a childhood mistake—his unresolved feelings for a childhood friend. Though Emily repeatedly bared her heart to him, he couldn’t bring himself to face his own emotions.
Deep down, Jonathan believed he didn’t deserve happiness.
Time and again, Emily faced his silence. She came to understand that love wasn’t about effort alone—it required sincerity, but not force.
In the end, she let him go. Choosing to move forward, she left to study abroad, determined to grow on her own terms.
Years later, she returned—with a child in tow.
"Emily," he pleaded, "come home."
Her eyes curved into a smile, but her words were firm. "Jonathan, my choice is simple: the child stays. You don’t."
Undeterred, he pulled out all the stops—charm, persistence, every trick in the book—just to convince his estranged wife not to shut him out of their little family of three.
