After dating for two years, and disappearing for five years. Marie Carter vowed never to have anything to do with her Ex, Vincent Romano again. Determined to stay hidden, and train her child till he grows, she instead received the most devastating news of her Life. The man she had been running away from for ages is becoming her stepbrother. She wasn't just betrayed five years ago; she was put to shame and left shattered. She went through so much pain to become who she was now, and to raise her son, the child she disappeared with. A child she would never mention to him. Now she's back not because she wants to, but because her mother was remarrying. An event she was never supposed to miss but then she is getting married to Alessio Romano who happened to be her ex-boyfriend’s Father. She had no choice. Vincent Romano never imagined he’d see Maria again, not after he smug and convinced himself years ago that she had nowhere to go. Waited for her to come crawling back. He never expected the consequences of his betrayal, to come back with a heartbeat. Now, they are trapped under the same roof, with forced family dinners, public smiles, old wounds reopen. Secrets threaten to destroy everything. Because this time, walking away won't be so easy.