Legend Turner built his empire from nothing. By forty-five, he’s one of Harbor City’s most feared and admired private tycoons—owner of a billion-dollar tech conglomerate, quiet philanthropist, doting father. His only soft spot? His only daughter, Aurora Turner. Aurora has been raised like a princess: penthouse apartments in three countries, trust funds in her name, a closet full of designer labels she barely cares about. She gets good grades, keeps her head down, and has never given Legend a real reason to worry. Until she goes off to college. Until her monthly allowance jumps from a few hundred to tens of thousands. Until she comes home one weekend, cheeks pink and eyes shining, and says: “Dad, I’m getting married.” Legend’s pen stills. Because he’s already had his assistant pull Aurora’s bank statements. He’s already seen the endless transfers to some guy’s phone, the “baby don’t be mad” notes attached to every 520 and 1314, the luxury dinners for two, the thousand-dollar sneakers that aren’t her size. He’s already run the name: Liam Ortega. Rural background, mediocre junior college, serial dater of rich girls, permanently “studying for exams” and “preparing to level up,” with a trail of exes and whispered horror stories behind him. The classic “phoenix man” in a modern American city: poor boy with a chip on his shoulder who sees a rich girl as his personal elevator to the sky. Legend could order a background hit and make Liam disappear from Harbor City overnight. But Aurora is twenty, stubborn, and in love for the first time. If Legend pushes too hard, he knows exactly who she’ll hate. So he smiles, invites the boyfriend to dinner, and quietly begins a one-man war. He will: - Expose Liam’s fake degree and made-up future plans at the most humiliating moment - Lure him into taking “future son-in-law benefits” that will wreck him in court - Turn his own money into a trap that Liam can’t resist—and can’t escape Legend has spent decades outplaying sharks in boardrooms. This time, the battlefield is his daughter’s heart. …welcome to Harbor City. Legend Turner is done being polite.