Two years ago, Emric Ashford felt as if the world used to kiss up against his skin and laugh with him, hold him. But that was before his mate left him for another man, his archenemy. Now, it was as if the world had shrunken away to leave a cold void around his skin, as if he had become detached from the world itself, and loneliness a vice on his heart. Until he met her. Thea McKenna, the rebellious new learner at his school. Only the problem was, she was his nephew’s new girlfriend. After witnessing her mother ruining her life over a man, she claimed she was in love with, 20-year-old Thea McKenna and her 17-year-old sister, Delphine McKenna, fled the town with the help of her aunty for a fresh start. A new town, new neighborhood, new school, new friends all seemed to come with new challenges. And when she caught the attention of playboy Conrad Ashford, her life turned completely upside down, and before she could realize it, she was entangled into the web of secrets of the wealthy Ashford family.