I screamed. “Would you rather feel numb for the rest of your life. Why can't you just let your heart beat for me!!" "I just can't let my heart beat like that again!” He screamed back at me. I'm not against love, but you loving me…” He paused, lower his voice and continued. “I closed my heart cause I don't wanna use it anymore and yes I will rather feel numb, than feel it reaping apart.” He walked towards the door and pused. "But if you really want it to love you, then go ahead and grab it off the floor first." ******** Satella Valeria never believed her life could get worse—until the day she caught her fiancé in bed with the one person she trusted most: her girlfriend. Humiliated, betrayed, and trapped beneath the crushing weight of her family's debts, Satella demands to end the engagement arranged by her parents. Instead of support, she's ordered to beg for forgiveness and save the family's failing company. With nothing left to lose, Satella decides to take control of one night of her life. A hotel mix-up with one unforgettable stranger. The next morning, she walks away believing she'll never see him again. She's wrong. When a scandal involving her ex-fiancé explodes online, Satella becomes the perfect scapegoat. Cast aside by her family and treated like an outcast in her own home, she watches her world crumble. Then a mysterious businessman acquires her family's company and becomes its new CEO. The shocking part? He's the man she spend the night with. Cold, powerful, and impossible to read, the enigmatic CEO seems determined to keep everyone at a distance—especially women. Yet as Satella works under him, the walls around both their hearts begin to crack. But attraction isn't the only thing growing between them. Hidden secrets lurk within her family's past. A buried truth threatens everything she believes about the people who raised her. And when a dangerous enemy steps out of the shadows, Satella discovers that the greatest betrayal wasn't her fiancé's affair... It was the lie her entire life was built upon. Now, with her heart and future on the line, Satella must decide who she can trust before the truth destroys everything—including the man she's fallen for. Because some addictions are impossible to resist.