Kaia thought the worst part of her life ended in high school—she was wrong.
Dragged into her mother’s fourth whirlwind marriage, Kaia is forced into a new life in New York she never wanted… and straight into the hands of the one person she swore she’d never face again—Chase Ceemer. Her former tormentor. Her first love. The boy who kissed her… then destroyed her in front of everyone.
Now, he’s her stepbrother and her boss.
Cold, powerful, and just as infuriatingly commanding, Chase claims he’s changed—but his arrogance, his secrets, and his actions say otherwise. Trapped working under him, Kaia is determined to endure three months, rebuild her life, and escape before he can break her again.
But Chase isn’t letting her go.
As buried memories resurface and old wounds are ripped open, Kaia finds herself caught in a twisted game of truth and deception. Chase insists there’s more to the past than she knows—yet his actions blur the line between redemption and manipulation. When their past bullies reappear, tensions explode, rivalries ignite, and hidden obsessions come to light.
And just when Kaia begins to reclaim her strength… everything spirals.
A sabotaged trip. A night that changes everything. A revelation that shatters trust. And then—she’s taken.
Now, with Kaia’s life on the line, Chase must finally confront the truth he’s buried for years and prove that the boy who once broke her is not the man who will lose her.
In a story of pain, power, and dangerous desire, Kaia must decide:
Is Chase her greatest mistake… or the only one who ever truly saw her?
Because this time, love isn’t just a risk—it’s a fight for survival.