Chapter 1

When the Summer family finally dragged me back to their mansion, I had just finished a warm-up session at Marcus's boxing gym.

I stood in their pristine living room, covered in a sun-kissed tan with defined, pumping muscles.

My biological parents, who had clearly prepared a whole speech to humiliate me, froze in dead silence.

They had brought me back for one reason: an arranged marriage.

They wanted me to marry the heir of the Vance family—Damian Vance.

Rumor had it that he was a violent psychopath who had already hospitalized or terrified ten of his previous fiancées.

Chloe, the adopted daughter who had been fake-crying on the sofa, stared at my twitching biceps.

Her tears instantly dried up. She trembled and shrank behind our brother.

"Julian... are you sure Damian is the one who's going to bully her?"

Julian looked down at his own slender wrists, then at my bulky, shredded physique.

He silently took a step back.

I jumped on the spot, throwing two lightning-fast shadow punches into the air.

"So, I heard this guy has a nasty temper and loves throwing wild hooks?"

My biological father, Richard, let out an awkward cough.

"Yes... he is... extremely violent."

I slapped my thigh, a massive grin spreading across my face.

"Holy shit, why didn't you say so earlier? This is perfect! I was literally just looking for a decent sparring partner."