Dante Moreau, an heir to old money, with blond hair and piercing hazel eyes. Raised in a world where image and reputation are everything, he learned early that love can be dangerous if it doesn’t fit society’s rules. For fourteen years, he has kept his relationship with Zyran a secret, ashamed of how the world, his friends, his family, his elite society would see them.

Zyran was once a scholarship student, someone from nothing, and the contrast between them made their love impossible to show. Yet behind closed doors, their passion burned fiercely. Zyran has grown into a renowned architect and city developer, respected and influential, confident, and unafraid. He no longer wants to hide, he wants to claim their love openly.

Their confrontation is inevitable. Voices low but sharp, anger and desire colliding. Zyran demands openness; Dante resists, trapped between shame and pride.

“You think I hide you because I don’t love you?” Dante’s voice is tight, trembling slightly with a mixture of fear and anger. “I hide you because the world would mock me, ruin me, and make everything we have meaningless. And now you want to risk it all?”