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Synopsis:
High society—Rafael Mayer, CEO of Mayer's Opulent Ores, is being pressed hard by his family to produce an heir. With his life all mapped out, Rafael is sure he will pull off a brilliant business deal and capture the heart of his stunning fiancée, Bianca Watson. Fate, however, turns around through his luxurious vacation at Bliss Resort, where he meets Lila Thompson—a tender-hearted, soft-spoken assistant working with a major law firm—into which his life got completely entwined.

Lila sets off for a romantic holiday with her boyfriend, Alex Johnson, only to end up alone and heartbroken when she catches him having an affair. In a daze, she finds her way into what she thinks is her room at the resort, unknowingly landing up in Rafael's suite. A string of mishaps, including a deceitful plot by Rafael's business rivals misleads both Lila and Rafael into believing each other to be their respective partner, culminating in a night of passion.

One morning, Rafael wakes up with Lila sleeping beside him in bed. Confused and angry, he accuses Lila, mistaking her for a gold digger, of setting out to smear his reputation. Rafael made wrong judgments about Lila. However, what happened that night has far greater repercussions: Lila becomes pregnant. Rafael, furious in the beginning, has no choice but to surrender to the wishes of his insistent grandmother, who wants family unity sealed with a shotgun marriage proposal.

As Rafael and Lila dance their way in a tumultuous arrangement, unknown truths and personal ambitions collide. Unresolved feelings Rafael has for Bianca and Lila's inability to stand up for herself make things more complicated. With revelations about Rafael's failed marriage proposal and Lila's true intentions, the journey tightens on heartbreak and redemption.

Years later, Lila is a confident lady, Rafael a man riddled with regret. Their lives will cross again. Still with feelings brewing and conflicts unresolved, they must decide if this second chance will take them on the path to true love or another heartache.

Table of Secrets of a shotgun wedding

Table of contents

Volume 1