7 parts Ongoing Nova Solane, a controversy-driven influencer, has her world ripped apart when Adrian Cross-Hollywood's perfect star-publicly humiliates her, branding her as nothing more than a "stripper gone viral." Her social media accounts banned and reputation destroyed, Nova flees to Queens, back to Stella, the foster mother who raised her in poverty after her parents' mysterious deaths.
Adrian, too, lives behind a mask. Born Adrian Santori, son of the ruthless mafia boss Marco Santori, he was forced to watch his father murder his mother and her lover. He survived only by vowing loyalty and silence. Though he reinvented himself in Hollywood as Adrian Cross, Marco's shadow still owns him. His only solace is his childhood friend Damien, another boy whose family Marco killed and enslaved into his empire.
Valentina Rossi, Adrian's fiancée and Marco's loyal operative, leaks a photo tying Adrian back to the mafia, framing Nova. Believing she's ruined him, Adrian kidnaps her. But in captivity, hatred melts into reluctant understanding-and then a dangerous, forbidden romance. Adrian fights to keep Nova safe even as Marco sees her as leverage.
Meanwhile, Zara, Nova's childhood friend and fellow ex-stripper, stands at her side through the storm. She crosses paths with Damien, Adrian's broken yet fiercely loyal shadow, and the two find love in the wreckage of Marco's world.
The truth finally surfaces: Marco murdered Nova's parents, and Adrian has been his unwilling heir. With Nova taken by Marco, Adrian must make the ultimate choice-stay bound to his father, or kill him. The story ends with Adrian breaking free by spilling his father's blood, Nova reclaiming her voice, and love blooming from the ashes of violence.