Nicolas Arthur dan Alyssa telah bersahabat selama hampir satu dekade sedari kecil hingga remaja, berbagi tawa, air mata, dan mimpi. Hubungan mereka tampak sempurna seperti kakak dan adik, namun menyimpan perasaan yang tak pernah terucap.
Hingga di sembilan tahun persahabatan mereka, segalanya berubah. Nico pergi ke Korea Selatan untuk mengejar impiannya sebagai idol, meninggalkan Alyssa dengan kenangan yang terus membayangi.
Kini, Nico adalah rapper dan produser musik terkenal, namun kehidupan gemerlap itu perlahan menguras mentalnya. Sementara itu, Alyssa, yang terjebak dalam rutinitas kantor, mulai merasa kehilangan dirinya sendiri.
Secara tiba-tiba, takdir mempertemukan mereka kembali. Pertemuan ini membuka kembali luka lama, kenangan indah, dan pertanyaan besar: apakah perasaan yang dulu mereka simpan masih sama? Atau, apakah waktu telah mengubah segalanya?
Sebuah kisah tentang cinta yang tumbuh bersama, jarak yang memisahkan, dan peluang kedua untuk menemukan arti kebahagiaan.
"The Hacker and the Mob Boss" ❦
Reyna Fields seems to be an ordinary girl with her thick-framed glasses, baggy clothes, hair always up in a ponytail, and her head tucked away behind a computer screen. However, no one knows she's armed with a genius IQ and a heart of gold. She hacks her way into virtual systems on a search for her mother.
Unfortunately for her, she has hacked into the wrong database. She hacked into the database of the notorious mob boss, Santino "Saint" Venturi.
Saint is the opposite of his name. He's known for his ruthlessness. As a mob boss to a mafia, he learned to eat or be eaten. When Reyna stumbles upon his database, a plan dispersed into his mind. He's going to take her.
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"I don't share, angel."
"He's a friend," she found herself saying. Dante was too busy staring at her to notice the fiery glare in Saint's eyes. She was mentally praying that Dante would just look away.
His fingers trailed up her leg before his hand latched onto her sex. He held her there while a small gasp left her lips. "I will fuck you on this table if he doesn't stop looking at what belongs to me."
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HIGHEST RANKING:
#5 romance - 6/26/22
Dark Romance
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