"Put your hands off me, why do you care too much?" I shrieked while nudging him away.
"I am no lawyer for nothing," he said and held my arms tighter.
"You haven't broken rules. Taming me like a freak petty girl is not within your moral codes. Put these off, you are not responsible of me," I begged and silent tears joined my desperation.
He was taken aback by my soft weeping, he held me off. "But I think it's my personal obligation not to let the girl I love go. Yes, you haven't paid me to be your goody-goody lawyer, and me risking my life for this, for you, is not a part of my profession. So please, just let me protect you."
Still aching from her internet ex-boyfriend's scam, Tamitha finds herself in deep trouble when she meets Roosevelt Sanvictores, the man in the photos her ex pretended to be. She knows that he's off-limits, but when circumstances keep bringing them together, maybe fate's got other plans.
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After getting drunk from a stupid mistake, Swan Tamitha Dominica wakes up in a room that's not hers, stark naked. As she tries to move forward from the humiliating one-night stand, she comes face-to-face with the man whose photo her internet boyfriend used to scam her. The man is Roosevelt Sanvictores, a handsome billionaire and it's not difficult to like him--only if he's not off limits. Determined not to fall for him, Tamitha puts up her walls. But when her heart screams to tear her walls down and she discovers the past she shared with Roosevelt, will she finally listen to her heart?
Disclaimer: This story is written in Taglish.