Seven years ago, Rose made a choice that destroyed everything. She took her stepsister’s place at the altar, married a man who despised her, and walked away with a secret she was never meant to carry. Now, she lives a quiet, desperate life in New York, working endless nights just to keep her sick son alive—until fate brings her face to face with the one man she swore she would never see again. Victor Halston. Powerful. Ruthless. Untouchable. The man who once called her worthless now looks at her like something he owns. When he forces her into a contract she cannot refuse, Rose knows she has stepped back into a game she never truly escaped. A game of control, humiliation, and dangerous desire. But Victor doesn’t know her biggest secret. The child she has been protecting with everything she has left… is his. And the moment he finds out, everything will change. Because Victor Halston doesn’t lose. And he never lets go of what belongs to him.