💋❝𝒀𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒔," 𝑰 𝒎𝒐𝒂𝒏𝒆𝒅. "𝑰'𝒎 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒔-❞ 💋❝𝑩𝒆 𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒇𝒊𝒄." 𝑯𝒊𝒔 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒍𝒊𝒅 𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝒎𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒇𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 𝒎𝒚 𝒄𝒍𝒊𝒕, 𝒓𝒖𝒃𝒃𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕, 𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒏 𝒄𝒊𝒓𝒄𝒍𝒆𝒔 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒆 𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒆. "𝑻𝒆𝒍𝒍 𝒎𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒅𝒓𝒊𝒑𝒑𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒆 𝒊𝒔.❞ 💋❝𝒀𝒐𝒖𝒓-𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒔𝒍𝒖𝒕𝒕𝒚 𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒍𝒆 𝒄𝒖𝒏𝒕," 𝑰 𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒌𝒆𝒅 𝒐𝒖𝒕. "𝑰𝒕 𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒈𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖-❞ 💋❝𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒕'𝒔 𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕." 𝑯𝒆 𝒔𝒑𝒂𝒏𝒌𝒆𝒅 𝒎𝒆 𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒊𝒏, 𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒆𝒓, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒖𝒂𝒍 𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒐𝒏 𝒎𝒚 𝒄𝒍𝒊𝒕 𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒆 𝒎𝒚 𝒗𝒊𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒃𝒍𝒖𝒓. "𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝑰'𝒎 𝒈𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒊𝒕 𝒉𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕. 𝑭𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒊𝒕. 𝑴𝒂𝒓𝒌 𝒊𝒕. 𝑳𝒆𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒊𝒕 𝒔𝒐 𝒔𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒇𝒖𝒍𝒍 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒍 𝒎𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒅𝒂𝒚𝒔.❞ ★ ★ 𝐇𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐬 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐧 𝐇𝐚𝐳𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬, 𝐚𝐧 𝐇𝐚𝐳𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐬.

18+ / Mature Audiences ♡ Chapters marked with a heart contain mature intimate scenes. This novel contains: • Explicit sexual content • Strong language • Moderate violence • Psychological manipulation • Criminal investigation and legal proceedings • Family conflict • Power imbalance • Possessive romantic behavior • Drugs • Alcohol consumption • Smoking • Themes of betrayal and emotional trauma • Outsmarting the Law • Political Influence • Morally Grey Hero Main Tropes ♡ Billionaire Romance ♡ Old Money ♡ Age Gap ♡ He Falls First ♡ Possessive Hero ♡ Power Couple ♡ CEO Romance ♡ Family Dynasty ♡ Corporate Intrigue Relationship Dynamics ♡ Praise Kink ♡ Daddy Kink ♡ Dominant Hero ♡ Possessive Hero ♡ Protective Hero ♡ Worship ♡ Touch Her and You Die ♡ Acts of Service ♡ Emotional Vulnerability ♡ Competence Kink ♡ Possessive Dirty Talk ♡ Mirror Sex ♡ Dominance & Submission ♡ Light Choking Nikolas Van der Meer chose power. And it cost him the only woman he ever loved. A month later, he's willing to do anything to get her back. Even manipulate an entire room to make it happen. But while Nikolas fights for Nina, someone else is fighting for his empire. Power struggles. Family betrayals. Public scandals. The life he spent years building begins to unravel the moment he finally gets her back. And when a conspiracy threatens everything the Van der Meer name was built on, Nikolas finds himself fighting battles money can't solve. His company. His reputation. His freedom. Because Nina Belinski isn't just the love of his life. She's the only person capable of seeing through every move he makes. The only person he trusts with the empire he sacrificed her for. And the only person who can destroy him if she ever chooses to. In a world where power is everything, loving Nina may be the most dangerous gamble Nikolas has ever taken.