Two worlds. One forbidden love. A secret that could destroy them both.

Elara Hayes never planned on walking into The Azure—the kind of place where wealth isn’t just power, it’s oxygen. She doesn’t belong among marble floors and crystal chandeliers. She’s here for one reason: to survive. One shift, one paycheck at a time.

The rules are simple:

Keep your head down.

Stay invisible.

Never—ever—fall for a guest.

Then she meets him.

Adrian Vale.

A man who doesn’t fit the world he owns. A stranger in a black T-shirt with eyes that see too much and a smile that hides even more. He isn’t like the others—he doesn’t flaunt his fortune, doesn’t need to. Because power like his doesn’t whisper. It commands.

He came here to disappear. To bury a past built on lies and betrayal. Falling for a waitress? That was never part of the plan.

But secrets have sharp edges.

One stolen glance.

One forbidden touch.

One truth that will burn everything down.

Because the biggest secret of all…

is that love was never supposed to be part of the story.