Dawn After Midnight

INTRODUCTION

Cielo Flyod was the golden child of one of Manila's wealthiest families-polite, soft-spoken, with her hair always tied neat and her smile gentle enough to put anyone at ease. To the world, she was the innocent heiress raised behind high walls and strict rules, protected from every rough edge of life. Her parents guarded her like a rare jewel, planning every step of her future from the schools she'd attend to the man she'd marry. But when the clock strikes midnight and her household falls asleep, she slips out through her bedroom window-trading her lace dresses for dark, sleek clothes, heading straight to the city's wildest bars where she drinks deep and dances like no one's watching. This secret life of hers is the only place she feels truly free.

Kaleb Baron was feared across the entire underground network as the "Heartless Boss." His name alone made grown men freeze in their tracks; one wrong move in his presence could change a person's life forever. He ruled with an iron fist, showing no mercy to those who crossed him, and no warmth to anyone who stood in his way. To everyone who knew of him, he was a man without compassion-someone who'd built his empire on power and fear, and would do anything to keep it that way.