ALEC & SUSAN

The sea had always whispered comfort to Susan-the soft lull of waves, the warmth of home, the quiet strength of knowing exactly who she was fighting for. But love alone couldn't keep the lights on or fill empty plates. So at twenty, she leaves behind the sun-drenched shores of Trinidad & Tobago and steps into the unrelenting pulse of New York City.

Here, survival isn't gentle.

The streets move fast, the nights stretch long, and every dollar carries the weight of the family she left behind. Susan learns quickly-how to harden her edges, how to silence the ache of homesickness, how to keep her head down and her heart guarded. Dreams of romance don't belong in a life built on sacrifice.

Until Alec.

He moves through the city like he owns it-tailored suits, effortless charm, a different woman draped on his arm with every passing night. Wealth has given him everything: power, freedom, indulgence. But somewhere along the way, it stripped him of something far more important-the ability to feel anything real.

Susan was never meant to matter.

Just another fleeting moment. Another night destined to blur into all the others.

But she doesn't fit into his world the way the others do. There's a quiet strength in her, a warmth she refuses to let the city steal, a way of looking at him that doesn't ask for anything... yet somehow demands everything. And for the first time, Alec finds himself unsettled-drawn to something he can't control, can't buy, can't walk away from as easily as he always has.

Because Susan doesn't want his money.

She doesn't need his world.

All she has to offer is something far more dangerous-something he's spent his life avoiding.

Love.

In a city where everything has a price, two lives collide in a story of sacrifice, temptation, and the fragile, undeniable pull of a connection neither of them was prepared for.

The question is-will love be enough... or will it cost them everything?
Be sure to read Book 1 The Doorman