Plot:
Mika Rae has always attracted attention wherever she goes, but she's more focused on building a future and finding someone who values the same principles of consistency and stability as she does. At a chance encounter at a mutual friend's party, she meets Dylan Fernandez, a man who has everything on the surface: looks, wealth, and charm, but a notorious reputation as a womanizer.
Despite his usual games, Dylan finds himself genuinely intrigued by Mika's cool indifference to his advances and her refusal to fall for his usual tricks. Determined to win her over, he slowly sheds his arrogant façade, and for the first time, he opens himself up to the idea of true love and commitment. As their relationship blossoms, Dylan feels more grounded, and Mika begins to trust that he might be different with her.
Just as things are going well, Andrea, a seductive and manipulative woman, enters the picture. During a night out at a club with his friends, Dylan catches Andrea's eye. She sets her sights on him and initiates a dangerous game of seduction. Though Dylan initially resists her, caught up in his feelings for Mika, Andrea knows exactly how to manipulate his old weaknesses.
Over time, Andrea's persistence wears Dylan down. In a moment of weakness and confusion, he gives in to her advances, and their secret tryst begins. Though Dylan regrets it immediately, he can't undo the damage. When Mika finds out, her heart shatters. The stability and trust she valued so much are now gone.
Dylan, consumed with guilt, tries desperately to win Mika back. He ends his affair with Andrea, realizing how much he has lost. Mika, however, is deeply hurt, questioning whether Dylan was ever capable of change. As Andrea gloats over her victory, Mika is left wondering if she can forgive Dylan or if she must walk away to protect her heart.
A simple girl became one of the strongest woman, named Jules. But that costed her far more than anyone's expectation, losing what she held preciously. Pain become a part of her daily life at the early age of 17. And she lived with it for far too long.
Unable to take it and trying to move forward to change, to live a normal life, she leaves her world behind and starts anew at the age of 33. But when she finds the one person who she genuinely cares about, her past comes back to haunt her, to take her back into the familiar but painful world of secrets, a world she was made for.
Sebastian is a normal man with a normal life who finds himself attracted to Jules at their very first meeting. Slowly, but surely, falling in love with her. But he quickly learns that she is not what she seems to be. A bag of lies and burden of past on her shoulders all the time.
While she cannot avoid going back, Jules doesn't want to lose the person she has grown to care. But finding out about her past filled with lies and secrets, will they accept her? Will they give her a chance, to remain close to her? Will they believe her words, or what they see? Or will the past haunt her, chase her, forever?
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This is mainly a romantic-action story. The topics listed below are part of the book but the book is not filled with it.
> mature language
> blood scenes
> rape/attempt
> traumatic experience and expressions
> shooting
> mature content
They have been warned about in the story.
Also I apologize for some bad grammar. English is not my strength...
Hope you have a good read!!
Project Started: 3/06/21
Project Ended: 12/10/21