Bella Darsie, a 20-year-old vibrant woman, has spent her whole life fighting for a future that has always seemed beyond her reach. An orphan since infancy, she has learned to navigate life by surviving barely, learning not to trust easily, and dreaming quietly. But nothing prepares her for the night her boyfriend's betrayal landed her on a private auction block.Her buyer is none other than Author Vale, Shanghai's most ruthless mafia boss— a man whose name screams terror, whose name commands respect, a man who'll go to any length to get all of his desires.To Author, Bella is nothing but a mere possession. He brings her into his world, leaving her trapped in a living nightmare with no way out.Bella hates him to the core. Author doesn't care.At least, that's what he tells himself. Because the more Bella resists him, the more he becomes determined to break through the walls she's built around her heart. And when hatred begins to develop into something more dangerous, neither of them is prepared for the consequences. Author Vale has spent his entire life taking whatever he wants at the snap of a finger.But what happens when the same woman he can not bear to lose is the very woman he has given every reason to hate him?In a world where power can buy almost anything, can love ever be another form of commodity that can be bought?Read on to find out.