Still, I choose you

Lizzie has survived more loss than most people face in a lifetime.
A childhood shaped by poverty, addiction, abandonment, and trauma taught her one rule above all else: never trust anyone enough to stay.

At twenty-six, she leaves her small town behind and moves to Chicago, hoping distance might finally quiet the past. By day, she builds a life by going to school to become a nurse. By night, she works as a bottle girl at one of the city's most exclusive nightclubs-Luxe-a place where money talks, secrets breathe, and danger hides behind velvet ropes.

Nico is everything Lizzie knows she should avoid.
Rich. Powerful. Untouchable.
The heir to Chicago's most feared drug empire, Nico has grown up in the shadows of violence and control. He's never wanted love-never believed in it-until the night he sees her walk into his VIP section.

What starts as quiet protection turns into something neither of them planned. Nico doesn't push. He waits. Lizzie doesn't fall easily-she resists every feeling, every pull, every moment she feels safe with him. But the more time they spend together, the harder it becomes to deny the truth: some people don't break you... they prove you were never broken to begin with.

In a city built on power and pain, love might be the most dangerous thing of all.