The flashbulbs never stopped. Cameras followed her every move—Ayana Kidane, the face of the decade. Flawless, untouchable, captivating. On paper, she was living every girl’s dream. Fashion weeks, private jets, billboards in Times Square… and a diamond ring from New York’s most sought-after bachelor.

But behind closed doors, the glitter cracked.

The engagement was business. Nothing more. A contract signed in silence. He got his inheritance, she got her freedom.

And then there was you—his best man. The one with the piercing eyes who saw too much, who looked at her like she was more than just the face in the magazines. The one who made her heart stutter and her carefully curated life start to crumble.

You moved through the chaos of her world with calm confidence, always watching, always close. When the wedding spiraled into scandal and pressure turned to panic, it wasn’t her fiancé she ran to—it was you.

You were danger wrapped in devotion.

And now, Ayana was a breath away from losing everything she worked for… but maybe, just maybe, finding what she never dared dream of.