RANSOM Alessia Vale has never had to worry about money. As the only daughter of a billionaire, she has spent her life surrounded by luxury, privilege, and a father who can buy almost anything—except the one thing she desperately wants: a future with the man she loves. When her boyfriend, Nico, falls deep into debt with a ruthless loan shark, Alessia refuses to stand by and watch him lose everything. Desperate to save him, she comes up with a reckless plan with the three people she trusts most: Nico, her older brother Adrian, and her best friend Mara. She will fake her own kidnapping. Her father will pay the ransom. They will collect the money, save Nico from the loan shark, and Alessia will return home before anyone discovers the truth. It is supposed to be the perfect crime. On the night of the exchange, Alessia climbs into the trunk of her own car willingly. Her boyfriend, brother, and best friend are the last people to see her alive. They hear her laugh. They hear her complain about being uncomfortable. They even joke about what they will do with the money once everything is over. Then they close the trunk and leave. Hours later, Alessia's father receives the final instruction: the ransom has been collected. His daughter is waiting inside her car. He rushes to the location. But when he opens the trunk, he doesn't find his terrified daughter waiting to be rescued. He finds her corpse. The three people who helped Alessia stage the kidnapping are shattered. They know she was alive when they left her. They know nobody was supposed to touch her. And they know they cannot tell the police the truth without exposing themselves. So, before the authorities can connect them to the crime, Nico, Adrian, and Mara secretly meet to figure out what happened. But the answers only make things worse. Alessia could not have died when they left her. Someone must have reached her afterward. Someone knew exactly where she would be. Someone knew about the kidnapping. And someone had enough access to turn their harmless scheme into a murder. As the investigation begins, every secret they kept from one another starts crawling into the light. Nico is hiding more about his debt than Alessia ever knew. Adrian has been making decisions behind his father's back. Mara knows something about Alessia's final days that she refuses to reveal. And billionaire Victor Vale, grieving the daughter he thought he was going to rescue, has secrets of his own. Then a disturbing piece of evidence surfaces. A message was sent from Alessia's phone after the three of them left her in the trunk. It reads: I'm not alone