Ambrose Vitale If you told me a few years ago that I’d be the current CEO of Vitale Holdings at thirty-two, I would've probably laughed in your face. Yet somehow, here I am. tick. Youngest Billionaire in tick. Most eligible bachelor four years in a tick. A board of investors threatening to out vote me because of my questionable double tick. Eleven ticks to be exact. I have everything in the palm of my hand except the one thing I really want. The one thing I truly think I cannot live without. Their confidence in me running this company. I have to turn this company and my reputation around before it's too late. My father has worked too hard for this to happen. I’ve worked too hard for this to happen. I just need to keep my head down and not fall victim to my brother's usual antics and especially not to a certain pink wearing distraction that just returned home and happens to be my new assistant. Valerie Farina Returning home to Tevici was never part of my plans. I was supposed to move to Paris to study, find an amazing art curator job, get married and grow old with my beautiful children and loving husband all while enjoying the Parisian sunset. Wrong. Well, half right if you count a failed marriage. Instead I’m back home to take care of my father as he prepares to undergo a double hip replacement. But when the stupid medical insurance falls through, I’m left rather desperate for work, and you know what they say. Desperate times call for desperate measures. It's just a question of how far am I willing to go, to get the money I need. The city seems to have remained mostly the same but, the people are not the way I left them at all.

Antonio Vitale: I’ve never liked getting my hands dirty. I built my reputation cleanly—until one bullet changed everything. Now, the French cartel wants revenge, and the only way to keep my family safe is to marry Theresa Auclair—the daughter of the man who wants me dead. She’s untouchable, raised in a world of power and secrets, and I want nothing to do with her. Everyone says I should just keep my head down and focus on surviving, but the more time I spend with her, the more I see the cracks beneath her icy exterior. And the more I want to know what’s hidden beneath. Theá Auclair: I’ve spent my whole life being my father’s pawn, and now I’m being handed off to Antonio Vitale—a man who has every reason to hate me. But he’s not what I expected. He doesn’t bow to my father. He doesn’t look at me like I’m just another deal to be made. It all feels too similar to what happened to my mother, but there's something different about him. Something all too natural, and natural is dangerous. Betrayal, lies, and blood have followed me my whole life—but losing him might destroy me. We were never meant to fall for each other. We were meant to wear our masks, play our parts, and survive. But trust is a dangerous thing… and neither of us saw this coming.