The moment his control tightened around her, Angelina realized she was in danger of losing far more than her composure. There was something about him—something cruel, addictive, and impossible to resist—that unraveled her piece by piece. Just when she thought she was slipping into something she couldn’t understand, he pulled away, leaving her breathless and frustrated, caught between desire and defiance. His voice lowered near her ear. “Troublemakers don’t get rewards.” And just like that, he stepped back—leaving her shaken, confused, and far more aware of him than she ever intended to be. Angelina was once a spoiled daddy’s girl, used to getting everything she wanted without consequence. But after losing her parents in a tragic house fire, she changed her life completely, burying her old self to survive the pain. Until Nicolas entered her world. And nothing about her new life stayed under control after that.
