She was a wretched abandoned rich wife, and he was the proud old diamond king. She pissed him off, he. He had nearly crippled her. He saved her, she. Yet she was treated as a slut. Love seemed to be a duel between two people who were at odds with each other in everything. After all the conspiracies, he had helped her clear all obstacles and rise again. Only in the end did he understand that love was best known for its calm after the dust had settled.