At seventeen, Bella has already learned that second chances don’t exist especially for orphans like her. Cast out by her aunt’s boyfriend for refusing his advances, she ends up on the streets, desperate and alone. Her only escape comes in the form of a strip club, where her innocence earns her a place in the exclusive VIP lounge performing for dangerous men with darker appetites. But the club is no fairy tale. It’s a velvet-lined cage. And someone is watching her. From behind a mask, a grey-eyed stranger observes her with unsettling intensity. Then the messages begin: “Babygirl, you did excellent today.” What begins with chocolates and roses becomes something far darker. Anybody who comes into contact with Bella dies—murdered, mutilated, and abandoned as a warning. Her stalker sees and knows everything, and he leaves behind one terrifying reality: “She belongs to Him” Desperate to escape, Bella flees the city and starts over. A new identity. A normal job. A fresh beginning. Until she discovers her new boss the cold, controlling CEO is her stalker in disguise. And that’s not the only secret he’s kept. He was her childhood protector. The boy she made a promise to. The one she forgot. Now, trapped between fear and desire, Bella must confront the twisted connection they share. Is she in love with a monster? Or has she always been his?