“It’s summer. At most, it’ll all wither away after a single season.” “I swear to God, even if I die, I’ll never be the first to say I love you.” After her parents’ death, what awaited Vanessa was overwhelming debt and an unwanted marriage. To break off her engagement, she needed a scandal, and the “gardener” Theodore, who appeared before her, was simply the perfect partner for it. That was all.