Elena Morales, a 24-year-old Afro-Latina woman with a caramel complexion, striking brown eyes, and long curly hair, has always been focused on survival. With her petite yet curvy frame, she's a vision of beauty and warmth, though she often feels out of place in a world that values wealth and privilege. When she's offered a live-in nanny position for billionaire CEO Victor DeLuca's 4-year-old son, it seems like a chance to finally build the life she's dreamed of.
Victor DeLuca, at 38, is as cold and calculated as he is devastatingly handsome. A man who built his empire with an iron will, Victor has never allowed himself to love again-not since his former wife, Camilla, shattered his heart with her betrayal. Tall, blonde, and model-thin, Camilla represented everything Victor thought he wanted, but her infidelity left him scarred and unwilling to trust. That is, until he saw Elena.
Months before offering her the job, Victor became captivated by Elena's kindness and fiery spirit during a chance encounter. Her warmth was the antithesis of the icy betrayal he had endured, and for the first time in years, he felt something stir in him-an obsession he could neither control nor resist.
As Elena becomes part of his world, caring for his son Matteo and bringing light into his mansion, Victor's walls begin to crumble. He's drawn to her in ways that scare even him, and his obsessive desire grows with every passing day. But when Elena discovers the truth-that Victor orchestrated her hiring to keep her close-she's forced to confront the intensity of his feelings and decide if she can trust the man who holds her future in his hands.
"So Andrea, do you remember me now?", he asked through gritted teeth, anger, frustration, hatred and slight hurt clearly heard in his voice.
"I am not Andrea, and I don't fucking remember you", she hissed looking straight in his eyes and pulled on the restraints only to hiss in pain as the cold metal cut into her wrists.
"You still don't remember me, love. Then I will make you", his threatening words were followed by her blood curling scream as the leather belt landed on her back, tearing her soft skin.
"Do you remember me now", he asked, his body was vibrating due to anger.
"No", her answer didn't change.
His anger turned him into the monster, he never thought he would be with her. And her screams of pain echoed in the walls of the mansion.
Yet she refused. Refused to say what he wanted to hear.
Because SHE IS NOT HER.
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Adria Owensby, a naughty, cheerful and bubbly girl. People who know her well knows that her heart is prettier than her face. Her sweet nature can bring a smile on even dead man's lips.
Her life is perfect until a certain someone enters it and turns it into a hell.
Austin Hawk, CEO of Hawk Enterprises. He isn't a Mafia yet is feared as one. Being famous for his ruthlessness, no one dares to cross him. Once when gone to collect his debt, he meets his lost love, the girl who suddenly disappeared from his life.
And now he wants her back, forever.
What will happen when she refuses to recognize him, when she refuses to be the one who he says she is.
What will happen when he is determined to punish her for her refusal and to imprison her forever.
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