​Ethan is a grumpy, handsome, emotionally closed-off CEO who has built his entire life around control, power, and success. He doesn't do relationships. He doesn't do attachment. And he certainly doesn't do second chances.
Every night is the same - different woman, no strings, no complications. By morning, they're nothing more than a memory he has already erased. His company is his true love, and nothing ever comes before it.

Thalia is an event planner with a polished smile and a carefully buried past she refuses to let the world see. She's beautiful, intelligent, and far more dangerous than she looks. Especially to him.

They shouldn't be in each other's orbit - but they are. Through family events, shared spaces, and unavoidable proximity, their worlds keep colliding. She is his sister-in-law's best friend, which makes every encounter even more complicated... and every glance more charged.

They tease. They flirt. They push boundaries they both pretend don't exist.

Until Ethan sees something that changes everything, and he cuts her off.
Cold. Distant. Unforgiving.

But fate isn't done with them.

Forced proximity throws them back into each other's lives in ways neither can escape. Tension builds. Walls crack. Control slips.

And what starts as irritation slowly turns into something far more tempting.
Because some attraction isn't meant to be handled.

It's meant to break you.

And when it finally does... there's no going back.