Rihanna loved Marcus with a fierce, uncompromising passion. Stubborn, loud mouthed, and loyal to a fault, she was the kind of woman who would walk through fire for the man she gave her heart to. But she had no idea that Marcus had made a dangerous, dirty deal , the one that brought a ruthless gang to his doorstep and claimed the lives of his brother and mother in cold blood. When Marcus realiezed the syndicate was targeting everyone he loved, panic set in. He knew Rihanna would never abandon him if she found out about the danger; her stubborn loyalty would keep her by his side straight into an early grave. To keep her safe, he had to force her to leave the state. And the only way to break a bond as strong as theirs was to make her hate him. He staged a brutal betrayal and cheated. She forgave him. So he did it a second time shattering her world so thoroughly that she packed her bags, unable to bear staying in the same state as the man who ruined her trust. Broken and alone in a new city, bad luck followed Rihanna. She struggled to keep a job, getting fired over tiny mistakes until she ended up with a waitress job. That's where she met Julian a spoiled, wealthy playboy whose reckless spending forced his family to lock away his inheritance until he proved he could be a responsible, married man. Julian offered her a contract marriage. For months, Rihanna's pride made her refuse. But when her mother suddenly needed an urgent, life saving surgery she couldn't afford, Rihanna had no choice. She signed the papers. What started as a sour, cold arrangement slowly transformed into something real. As Ryan became responsible and Rihanna healed, they fell deeply, irrevocably in love. Just when Rihanna's life finally feels safe and inseparable, Marcus walks back into her life. Now wealthy, powerful, and free from the gang's shadow, he has come to claim his girl back, now ready to reveal the heartbreaking truth of why he cheated. But Marcus is about to find out that the woman he broke isn't standing in the dark anymore... and she isn't his to claim.