Hunter Blackthorne, CEO of the most powerful company in the world. Young, attractive and extremely arrogant. Payton Flores, escaping a dark past and looking for a brighter future. Witty, independent, strong but scared. When these two completely different worlds crash together, many things may arise. Secrets will come out into the open and pasts will come back to haunt them. Can their bond be stronger than their fears or will fate eventually tear them apart? #90 in Romance 10/09/17 Started: December 5, 2015 Completed: October 9, 2017 (with the occasional bonus chapter of course ;))

" I felt a tear escaping my eyes. I put the locket around my neck and held it close to my heart feeling as though he was there. I know me and him may not have been together technically but we were together through the heart. I loved him and he loved me. But if this is true why did he leave? And if he did leave how can he always be here? I lay down and cried myself to sleep. Although right before I feel asleep I could have sworn I heard his gentle voice whispering to me that he loved me and that he was here. "