They call him the Devil for a reason.Damian Cross doesn't lend money he collects debts, and he decides exactly how they get paid. When Amara Bello walks into his world begging for a loan to save her dying mother, he names his price without hesitation: one night. No more, no less. She has no choice but to agree.She should have known a man like him would never let go that easily.What was supposed to be a single transaction becomes an obsession Damian can't shake one that follows her home, into her workplace, into every quiet corner of the ordinary life she's desperate to protect. He doesn't ask if she wants him. He simply decides she's his, and dares anyone anyone to touch what belongs to him.She never agreed to be owned.He was never planning to ask.

Amara Bello came to Damian Cross for a loan. She left with a debt she never expected to pay — and a man who has no intention of letting her go.They call him the Don. Ruthless. Untouchable. The kind of man ordinary people know to stay away from.She wasn't supposed to matter to him. She was supposed to be one night, one deal, one problem solved and forgotten.Now he's in her life whether she wants him there or not and anyone who gets too close to her is about to learn exactly how far he'll go to keep what he's decided is his.Some debts you can pay off. Others own you.