She’s too young, but I can’t help myself. Until she danced onto the roof of my Manhattan skyscraper—the one with my name emblazoned across the top—my life was devoid of color or meaning. Now it’s rushing in from all sides, carrying me closer to the forbidden. If the only way I can have this sweet, wide-eyed girl is to purchase her from her father—my employee—so be it. The contract is signed. Now she’s mine.

I lost her once. It won’t happen twice. I went to extremes to make her mine—and when the secret was revealed that I’d purchased too-young Veda from her father, she left me. Now that I have her home and I can breathe again, my life's goal is to keep her. Forever. Unfortunately, her eighteenth birthday means she can walk away at any time. Earning her trust means facing the ultimate test of my sanity. Giving her the choice I didn’t give her in the beginning and hoping like hell she chooses me.