"And betraying someone is?" he asked softly in his husky voice, her green orbs kept him captive, "tell me, Tiara, is breaking your promise not wrong?" his heartbeat rose as he questioned the one who had robbed him off the trust he had put on her. Tiara closed her eyes and took a deep breath before opening them again and raised her head high in confidence, "Everything is right in love and war, Xavier." She announced and stared into his eyes, "I did everything to be with the person I love hence, I do not regret breaking the promise I have given you." There was no trace of guilt in her voice but on the contrary, she appeared rather proud to him. "I would betray you again to be with Mason if given a chance to go back in time and make the decision again." She was determined and confident and he had never seen her like this, he vividly remembered that she used to be so meek and frail but now she had indeed turned into a strong woman. A story which began with the purest hues of love and written with the ink of revenge, a story of a tainted angel and a wounded devil. A story of Tiara and Xavier both entrapped by the hate and love they held for each other respectively.

*a war between love and obsession* "I could never love you, never!" she stated her voice was filled with determination while staring right in his eyes to show the sincerity of her words. "you have to or at least will pretend to love me " he challenged "that's the thing Mr. Armando you can force a person to marry you but not the feelings and to make someone to love you is not in your control " "the same thing you've said to me about marriage and look where you are Ariel" Ryan taunted "you have my body but you could never have my heart " "heart resides within the body " "a day will come when you get to know the difference. that day you will realize I am not yours, I never have been" Ariel challenged "you are mine and will be mine I can assure you that " he replied in determination. Ariel's life has always been perfect with loving parents and a childhood sweetheart, Ian who has proposed her recently. what more could she ask for? her life has always been a bed of roses with Ian by her side until certain someone saw her. she unknowingly crosses devil's path and her beauty ignited something in that certain someone; none other than Ryan Armando. Ryan Armando was apparently in search of a bride to get all the Armando empire under his name and his search came to a halt when Ariel stumbled in his life out of nowhere and now he wants her to be his, according to him its his love but his lust for her is also something he can't deny.