He was hired to protect me. He was ordered to betray me.My name is Maya, and my perfect Lagos life just collapsed. My father the man I worshipped is the head of a dangerous syndicate. Now they want his encrypted files, and they took my mother to get them.Enter Adrian. Cold. Lethal. Untouchable. The private bodyguard agency sent him to keep me alive for 48 hours. His only job: Don't let me fall in love. His secret order: Hand me and the files over when the time is up.But in the safehouses of Lagos, between gunfights and midnight escapes, something dangerous happened. He started choosing me.When the 48-hour deadline hits at the waterfront exchange, I have to make an impossible choice: Save my family name, or save my mother and expose the truth. He has to make his: Follow his last order and arrest me, or turn his gun on his own agency and become a fugitive with me.Tropes you will love:Bodyguard x Client, Forced Proximity, He Falls First, Dark Family Secret, Touch Her And Die, On The Run, Trust Issues, Lagos Billionaire SyndicateThis is not a sweet love story. It's betrayal, bullets, and a love that was forbidden from the start.Can you trust the man who was paid to lie to you?