Silence Between Us

Damian Velez is the kind of man who leaves a trail of broken hearts in every city he visits. Rich, reckless a notorious womanizer who treats love like a game with no consequences.

Eliana Reyes is the opposite. Gentle, observant, she lives in a world of quiet. She understands people better than they understand themselves.

When Damian's ailing grandfather and Eliana's debt-ridden father strike a deal to merge their families' businesses, Damian and Eliana are forced into an arranged marriage.

At their first meeting, Damian is stunned. Eliana is nothing like the women who chase him. For one seconds, he's head over heels. But when he learned that Eliana's a mute, the illusion shatters.

To Damian, silence isn't mystery, it's inconvenience. He becomes cold overnight. Yet he still wants her. Her quiet presence haunts him, and his frustration twists into something uglier. He resents her for making him feel anything at all, and he hates himself for craving her even as he despises her silence.

Eliana endures his cruelty without a word. But she writes. And in the margins of her journal, a different story unfolds. One where Damian's anger looks a lot like fear, and his hatred looks a lot like longing.

_Silence Between Us_ is a story about pride, prejudice, and the violence of miscommunication. What happens when the man who's never been denied is bound to the one woman who refuses to beg? And can love exist in a marriage built on force, lust, and hate?

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