Photographer Ryan Mitchell captured Samantha's most beautiful moment through the lens of his Leica camera, and from that instant, she fell deeply into the romance of every shutter click. A luxurious villa, an exclusive muse, a perfect lover—she thought she had stumbled into a fairy-tale love story.
Until that blood engagement night, when Isabella Laurent appeared wearing the same ring, and the media exposed Ryan's betrayal. Only then did Samantha realize she was merely a carefully chosen stand-in.
But some truths are crueler than betrayal, and some revenges run deeper than love.

His Shutter Fucked It All

Samantha
The UCLA acoustics lab was tomb-quiet at this hour, only the soft hum of professional equipment breaking the silence. I sat in my white lab coat, eyes fixed on the waveform patterns dancing across my computer screen.
Three years of doctoral work in acoustic engineering. Finally time to pu...

Chapter 8