Crystalyn Louise Laxamana was born and raised in the quiet town of Alegria, Cebu, surrounded by her siblings and a deep-rooted family grudge. Her parents warned her early on-never go near the Aguirres. The land feud that tore their families apart had left scars too deep to heal. So when Dan Aurell Aguirre, the dangerously charming and mysterious campus heartthrob, started noticing her, she did everything to stay away.
But how do you avoid someone who refuses to be ignored?
His smoldering gaze made her pulse race, his words disarmed her walls, and before she knew it, she was sneaking out just to see him-risking everything for the boy she was told to hate. Their secret meetings felt like stolen breaths of freedom... until they were caught.
Ripped apart by their families, Aurell was taken far away. But before he disappeared, he left her with a vow that burned into her soul:
"To get you was my goal. Even if I lose everything-I'll get you."
Now, years later, fate is about to test that promise.
First Generation of Arranged Marriage Series.
Rianna Lou Austria has lived her whole life under the weight of a last name that everyone fears. Being the daughter of a powerful but corrupt politician meant one thing-judgment. No matter how much she tries to stand on her own, people only see her as her father's shadow.
For Tristan James Alonzo Medina, that shadow is everything he despises. To him, Rianna is the daughter of the man who destroyed lives, the very embodiment of the corruption he vowed to fight. He swore he would never fall for someone like her.
But hearts don't follow promises.
As their worlds collide, hate turns into something more dangerous-something that neither of them can control. Every stare, every clash, every unspoken word only pulls them closer to the line they swore never to cross.
Love against hate.
Truth against lies.
Her heart... against his judgment.
He promised never to fall for the daughter of the man he despised-until she became the only exception to his conviction.