At twenty-four, her life is built on survival, not dreams. Every day begins before sunrise and ends long after exhaustion settles in her bones. Between two jobs, her studies, and the responsibility of caring for her young nephew, there is no space for rest, no room for mistakes, and certainly no time for love. She has learned to carry everything alone, even when it feels like she is quietly breaking under the weight.Home is not comfort it is responsibility. The small space she lives in is filled with silence, stress, and the constant reminder that she can not afford to fall apart. Still, she keeps going. For her nephew. For the family that depends on her. For a future that feels distant and uncertain.But everything begins to shift when someone unexpected enters her world.He doesn’t belong in her routine, yet he keeps appearing in it. A presence that feels too calm, too controlled, and too impossible to ignore. He watches her in a way that makes her feel seen for the first time in years, not as someone struggling, but as someone who exists beyond her burdens.She doesn’t trust it. She doesn’t trust him. People leave. People disappoint. And kindness always comes with consequences she can not afford.Yet he stays.With every encounter, the distance between them grows thinner, and the life she has carefully built begins to feel more fragile. Her responsibilities do not disappear, but something inside her starts to change something she is not ready to name.Because for someone who has only ever known survival, being noticed… feels dangerously close to hope.And hope, she is beginning to realize, might change everything.

She was just the quiet girl in the shadows...Until he called her Little Dove.Tessa lived in silence, broken by abuse and buried beneath her cousin's cruel world. But then came Ares ruthless, untouchable, and engaged to the wrong woman.He should've never looked at her.But he did.And now he can't stop.Obsession turned to possession.And Ares?He'd burn the world to keep her.