She had everything money could buy, yet nothing her heart truly desired. Evelyn Drakon grew up in a world of strict rules, luxury without warmth, and a father whose love came with conditions. Her home was cold, her freedom limited, and her soul quietly yearning for one thing: to be seen, understood, and loved.
He was everything she wasn't. Adrian Cole-a brilliant, hardworking business student from a middle-class family-had no wealth to flaunt, but he carried a light, a warmth, and an understanding that Evelyn had never known. Their first encounters were sparks of rivalry, a dangerous dance of clashing wills. Yet beneath the tension, something undeniable began to stir-a pull neither of them could ignore.
As friendship slowly blossomed, so did trust. Amid laughter, late-night confessions, and quiet gestures of care, their bond grew stronger, deeper, until love could no longer be denied. But the world around them was unyielding: a strict father, societal expectations, and sacrifices neither had imagined.
Would Evelyn fight for her freedom and the love she had found? Could Adrian protect her heart without losing his own? Or would the pressures of the world tear them apart before they could truly be together?
A Heart Beyond Gold is a story of love that defies wealth, courage that defies fear, and a heart brave enough to claim the happiness it deserves.
Bangkok never sleeps.
By day, it thrives in sunlight and laughter. By night, it belongs to shadows, ruled by a name whispered in fear-the empire of a ruthless mafia boss and his four sons.
Keng, Tle, Jimmy, and Thomas were born into blood. Each carries the weight of their father's legacy-loyalty, violence, silence. But none of them expected that their hearts would lead them into even more dangerous territory.
Because in the same city live four young men bound not by crime, but by secrets.
Namping hides bruises behind his smile.
Firstone works himself to the bone to repay debts that aren't his.
Ohm is trapped between loyalty to a detective father and the mafia world he never asked to be part of.
And Kong-carefree on the surface-is the son of a rival empire.
When the mafia's heirs collide with the four best friends, their lives twist into a storm of love, betrayal, vengeance, and longing.
In a city of neon lights and unspoken truths, where family means everything and freedom costs blood-
Can love survive the shadows?
Or will secrets destroy them all?