Alessandro “alex” DeLuca is the feared and respected young Mafia lord of the DeLuca crime family. Ruthless in business but loyal to his own, he’s built a reputation as a leader who cannot be touched—until he meets Emilia Rogers, an independent woman with no ties to the underworld. Despite knowing the risks, Alex falls for her, drawn to the sense of normalcy and warmth she brings into his violent world. Their love, however, doesn’t go unnoticed. The Mafia council sees her as a weakness, and Alex’s older brother, Stefano DeLuca, sees an opportunity. Stefano, once the rightful heir, was passed over in favor of Alex, and he’s never forgiven him. Seeing Emilia as his brother’s Achilles’ heel, Stefano conspires with rival families to remove Alex from power—permanently. As tensions rise, Alex is forced to make a choice: abandon Emilia to protect her or risk everything, including his throne, to keep her safe. But Stefano is always one step ahead, and soon, Alex finds himself betrayed, outnumbered, and fighting not just for love—but for survival. Just when it seems like all is lost, their mother, Sofia DeLuca, reveals a long-buried secret—one that could change everything. A truth about the family’s past that not only threatens to shift the balance of power but could also destroy both brothers in ways they never saw coming.

Having to always defend people has been a workout for tawny. She loves doing it but fighting a millionaire was not going to need easy, especially when he's as hot as sin, and is a control freak, determined to focus on saving her friend's restaurant and try to ignore the way he makes her heartbeat beat every time he is close by, She was constantly sabotaging the machineries at the construction site, but one day her luck runs out. Caught by him when she was trying to sabotage the machinery at the construction site, now to avoid going to jail, and making her friend lose her restaurant, Ryder offers her a deal. The Deal? She was to be his fake girlfriend for three months, he has to stop rumours about him being gay and he doesn't do love, he only works with pleasure and that's it. Being confident that two weeks would just rush by and they would say their goodbyes, tawny agrees, but what happens when a week isn't by yet and her heart was already in trouble.