Cherry

Neglected.
Unprotected.
Invisible.

At sixteen, Arianna has already learned that love is something other girls get - not her.

With a mother who never cared, too busy escorting me, and a world that never noticed, she grew up craving attention the way other girls crave air. So when a truck driver takes advantage of her hunger, leaving her broken and bleeding, she doesn't expect salvation.

She expects to die.

Instead... Bandit saves her.

Smooth. Magnetic. Calculated.
A self-proclaimed pimp who never lies about what he does.
Real intentions were stealing the truck, but saving her was never the goal; it was a bonus.

He gives her protection.
A place to stay.
Money.
Luxury.
A lifestyle she never imagined touching.

For the first time in her life, Arianna feels chosen.

Seen.

Obsessed over.

But attention can feel like love when you've been starving.

Bandit tells the truth about the streets -
he just doesn't tell the truth about himself.

He lies about his age.
He lies about his intentions and feelings.
And slowly, carefully, he builds her dependency brick by brick until she doesn't know how to breathe without him.

Because Bandit didn't save her.

He studied her loneliness.
He fed her obsession.
He made sure survival meant staying.

And Arianna is about to learn something dangerous:

Even the devil once had wings.

In a world where love and control blur into the same thing, she must decide -

Is she being protected...

or possessed?

And for Bandit, are you making her obsessed with you, or are you the one becoming obsessed?