The Attorney Obsession (Vows & Verdicts : 1)

Celeste Navarro used to be the kind of woman who drew light into any room-soft-spoken, elegant, and full of quiet dreams. But years with her cruel ex-husband twisted that light into silence. Beneath her gentle smile now lives the weight of bruises that once decorated her skin and the ache of nights filled with muffled cries. Her voice, once used for lullabies and love, became a tool for begging-begging him to stop, begging for mercy, begging for freedom.

She stayed longer than she should have.
For her son.
For fear.
For survival.

But when the man she once called husband raised a hand toward their child, something inside her snapped-and that was the last night she let fear win.

With trembling hands, she ran.

No money. No home.
Just her child in her arms... and one name in her head-Atty. Elijah Steven Swayze

The man who once loved her from a distance.
The man who never forgot her.
The man who would burn the world to protect her.

And he did.

When she showed up at his door, bloodied and broken, Elijah didn't ask questions. He wrapped her in his arms like armor, swore vengeance, and built a case that ripped her ex-husband's life apart. Courtroom by courtroom, witness by witness, he exposed every dark secret her abuser had tried to bury.

Now, Celeste lives under Elijah's roof-with her child in the next room and the attorney who is no longer hiding his obsession.

But even freedom comes with a cost.

Because Elijah doesn't just want to protect her now...

He wants to keep her forever.