Denaya Micah once believed in forever. Then Christmas Eve came—a hit-and-run that killed her twin daughters and an ex-husband who abandoned her to grief. Now she teaches at a daycare, the only place she can love children without the terror of being a mother, while obsessively searching for the driver. When billionaire Elliot Torres buys the daycare, Denaya is certain he’ll destroy her last sanctuary. She declares war. But the former architect with carpenter's hands and unexpected gentleness isn't her enemy—and as hatred transforms into devotion and affection, he becomes her ally in finding the truth. Until Denaya discovers Elliot may know more about that fatal Christmas Eve than he's admitted. Now she must choose: trust the man awakening her broken heart, or destroy him before the truth destroys them both.