𝙃𝙚 𝙙𝙤𝙚𝙨𝙣'𝙩 𝙗𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙚𝙫𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙘𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚. 𝙃𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙘𝙡𝙖𝙞𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙢𝙚𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙝𝙞𝙢. At twenty-one, art historian Itzel Giménez comes to Oaxaca chasing opportunity, not danger. She wants a future built on talent and discipline-not desire. She expected galleries and mentors. She found him. Ricardo Mertens is older, untouchably powerful, a man whose presence feels like a warning no one listens to. Controlled. Magnetic. The kind of man whose gaze is a promise and a threat. And for reasons she cannot explain, he chooses her. The moment he steps into her life, the rules shift. Every glance becomes a challenge. Every word, a test she can't quite pass. Every touch wakes a hunger she swore she could keep buried-and a vulnerability she can't outrun. In a world of priceless art and whispered deals, Ricardo doesn't want her admiration or her innocence. He doesn't even want her heart. He wants everything-her mind, her surrender, her ruinous desire. But want like theirs never stays harmless. It cuts. It consumes. It drags them toward a line they can't uncross. 𝙎𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙨 𝙛𝙧𝙚𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪. 𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙘𝙡𝙖𝙞𝙢𝙨 𝙮𝙤𝙪.