“ I hate you so much,” Audrey spitted on him. “ Hate me?” He chuckled evilly,”I saved you from your dumb parents now you’re saying you hate me, you should be thankful,woman”.Life isn’t a bed of roses for Audrey.She struggled with abuse ever since she was young from her parents.She's trapped in a living nightmare. She sees her marriage to Nicholas as a desperate escape from the cruelty and the abuse of her parents who are marrying her off because they’re going bankrupt.. But as she exchanges one prison for another, she realizes that Nicholas' secret , which she’s being threatened because of it and his troubled eyes, may hold more danger than salvation.As Audery navigates the unpredictable world of her new marriage, she must confront the demons of her own past and the secrets that Nicholas keeps hidden. Will she find the strength to break free from the cycle of abuse and forge a new path, or will the weight of her past and the secrets of her present crush her?Nicholas, too, is haunted by his own ghosts, and as their stories intertwine, Audery begins to see glimpses of a different man beneath the surface. Can she trust him to be her safe haven, or will his darkness consume them both or affect the growing feelings for each other?