The Ex-Marine
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Chemical Engineering student Rexes Estelle Di Marco can still remember every detail about him. His face, built, his voice and how it felt to be in his arms while he saved her from the fire. She could have been dead ten years ago if it wasn't for him. She can still remember the last time she have seen him, how her young heart begged for him to come back and marry her someday.
Now, after ten years of being away from Hacienda Di Marco, Enrico Juan Rivero is back. A scarred, distant and traumatic ex-marine.
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