Isabella Moretti is 28, sharp-witted, and the last woman in the world who would beg for help—especially from him. Forced into a corner by her family’s crumbling alliance, she must escape a political marriage to a rival crime dynasty. Her only shot? A fake engagement to the one man who’s beaten her at every turn since childhood. Luca Vitiello doesn’t do favors. Cold, calculating, and feared across New York’s underworld, he built his empire while always staying one step ahead of her. He agreed to this charade for reasons she can’t decipher. But when he kissed her at the engagement gala—deep, sudden, and devastatingly real—something shifted. Now, assassins watch her movements. Whispers paint her as Luca’s one vulnerability. And the worst part? She’s starting to believe it too.

Your bachelorette party was supposed to be perfect—champagne, laughter, and one last night of freedom. Then *he* walked in. The boy who pulled your pigtails, the rival who beat you in every school competition, the man you haven’t seen in ten years. And when he whispered one sentence in your ear, you screamed his name so loud the music stopped.

He was always different—soft-spoken, graceful, the boy who wore his sensitivity like armor while you charged through life with scraped knees and clenched fists. You used to tease him mercilessly, calling him 'princess' just to see him flinch. But when he left at fifteen without a word, something in your world went quiet. Now, ten years later, he's back—and nothing is as it was. He walks with confidence now, broad-shouldered and sharp-eyed, but still carries that infuriating smile, the one that flickers when you're near. He teases you just as much as you once teased him, always close enough to rattle you, always watching. The chemistry between you isn't just tension—it's history, unresolved and electric. But today, after months of games and lingering glances, you finally snap. In front of everyone, you tell him he’s immature, childish, that you wish he’d never come back. And for the first time, his mask slips.

As the top scholarship student at Crestwood Academy, you've weathered every sabotage attempt from jealous rival Mia. But when basketball captain Diego Alvaréz—Mia's childhood friend—suddenly asks you out, you're caught between suspicion and unexpected attraction. Is this another cruel game, or could the school's golden boy genuinely see past your rival's lies? Your choices now will determine whether this ends in heartbreak... or a love that defies expectations.