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𝑯𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝒍𝒐𝒚𝒂𝒍 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒃𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒅. 𝑾𝒂𝒔 𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒏 𝒅𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒓𝒆𝒅𝒖𝒄𝒆 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒇𝒂𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒚'𝒔 𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒂𝒔𝒉𝒆𝒔.

𝑩𝒖𝒕 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝒂 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒕𝒐𝒓.

𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒕𝒉𝒔 𝒓𝒆𝒇𝒖𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝒊𝒈𝒏𝒐𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒏𝒐 𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒅𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒖𝒏𝒄𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓.

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As the illegitimate son of the Corvino family, Noah learned early that gratitude was expected of him. He was convinced the privileges given to him were enough. That he had no place to demand anything beyond his father's acknowledgement, or question why he was only tolerated instead of fully accepted.

It was a belief that began to crack the night he was kidnapped by the Corvinos' biggest rival in the business world.

Someone desperate to burn his enemies' identities to the ground. Driven by greed, ambition, and nothing else. That was how Noah had always imagined the man, based on the stories told by his family.

But after days of enduring his captor's psychological games, Noah began to uncover secrets that challenged everything he had been made to believe.

The truth about the past.
About the Corvinos.
About himself.

And about the man who kept him confined, yet somehow continued to unsettle not only his mind, but his heart.