The gold foil on my diploma was still warm, but the ink on my marriage contract had been dry for twenty years.

Five years ago, Johan and North were secret college lovers. Johan was the heir; North was the scholarship student. One night, after a beautiful date under the Bangkok skyline, Johan disappeared. No text. No call. His social media wiped clean. North was left with a broken heart and a mountain of debt from his final semester.

Marry me, and I'll pay for your tuition. Leave me after a year, and you'll never have to see me again.

North is assigned to protect Johan an alpha notorious for his hate of bodyguards . But even with the threats against Johan something happens between them that changes everything. Will Johan be able to tame his feisty bodyguards? Will North drop his guard and let Johan in?......

"Word reached me that I was missed. I wonder if it was true." Part 2 of Beyond Control

We often wait for love to arrive like a thunderstorm-dramatic, life-changing, and impossible to miss. But more often, love is like the air: constant, vital, and invisible until you stop to feel it. "Love does not consist in gazing at each other, but in looking outward together in the same direction."

Born into a life shadowed by the brutality of an abusive father, North knew only the harsh sting of existence from a young age. His days became a relentless, complicated chase-a desperate scramble for survival in the deep shadows of a world rife with corruption and death. He carried the scars of his past, the weight of ceaseless fear, and the profound exhaustion of a soul perpetually on the run. He realized the conventional path offered him no escape, no justice, and no peace. To conquer a world defined by darkness, he needed a force equally, if not more, terrifying. In his darkest hour, driven by a mixture of desperation and furious ambition, North made a deal with the devil himself. He sought not salvation, but the absolute power to rewrite his own ending, regardless of the ultimate price.

Johan Chavalwit was a name that carried the weight of an empire, yet he wore it like a cheap suit. As the sole heir to the Chavalwit Group, his reputation preceded him: a reckless playboy, a professional troublemaker, and the living embodiment of the "spoiled brat" trope. To the board of directors, he was a ticking time bomb; to the city's elite, he was the ultimate golden ticket with a tarnished soul. But the world's cynical assumptions hit a sudden, jarring roadblock the moment North entered his orbit. North didn't care for the Chavalwit pedigree or the designer lifestyle, and for the first time in Johan's life, his charm-and his checkbook-failed him. Beneath the layers of defiance and expensive champagne, something dormant began to stir. The "spoiled brat" was about to prove that even a predetermined path can be rerouted when you finally find a reason to look toward the horizon.

Prince Johan had everything: power, status, a kingdom, and an arranged marriage to Princess Sarinya. North was his opposite: a loyal, invisible servant of low status. But in the palace gardens, a forbidden love bloomed. I love you Maybe in another life This story is purely fictional and is not related to real life Read at own risk as it may contain triggering scenes

Memories blur, time feels unstable, and the past begins to breathe closer than it should. Caught between what was lost and what might still be changed, North is forced to confront fate, love, and the cost of holding on - even when the truth has been buried far too deep.