Niomi Dave fell in love with a man she wasn't supposed to fall for, Aruk McShel. They had both only agreed on being bed partners with her holding the tittle of ' the other woman' for Aruk was deep in love with another and she had accepted. But choices had consequences.

He was heartbroken. I was there. It was a simple arrangement, a deal with an expiration date. When Zahir Yilmaz's ex-girlfriend shattered his world, I became his escape-a temporary placeholder for the girl he couldn't have. He promised me nothing, and I expected nothing. But funny things happen when you pretend to be the perfect substitute: you start hoping it isn't all a performance.

She was born spoiled, sheltered, and taught to look down on everyone who didn't fit her family's narrow idea of "acceptable." So when a drunken mistake left her carrying the child of a man she scorned, she did what she thought was best-she gave the baby away. Months later, curiosity dragged her back. From the shadows, she watched the man she once insulted cradle their son with a tenderness that unsettled her. She told herself she despised him, that he was beneath her. Yet still she kept watching... until he caught her.