They say young love is never forgotten, perhaps because it is pure and real...

After many years looking for Anais Price, dreaming of having her with him once again, Frederick Cooper must marry Lady Caroline, as she is swelling with child - their child. Or so he thinks.

But his married life becomes hell; his wife rejects his presence, his tenderness, and even is repulsed by him, the most educated and respectful man in London.

Frederick tries to make peace with the life he has chosen, but how much longer can he maintain the cold and aristocratic behavior that his parents taught him since he was a child, when the love of his life reappears some years later?

True love doesn't disappear with time, and neither does the promise he made to her to protect her and love her...