Intro. ⸻
They say that paradises are quiet places. Lie. True paradise can your life if you neglect yourself.
I wasn't looking for love. Nor did I want it. He had it all: money, respect, power. He had grown up between codes, bullets and loyalties. He knew exactly who he was: Aiden Carreon, the eldest son of a family that isn't mentioned out loud if you want to keep breathing. I didn't play with feelings. He played with fire. And he always won.
Until she appeared. Allison.
The rich girl with a sweet smile and eyes that did not know how to lie. A damn contradiction walking on the beach: innocent and daring, forbidden but tempting like the most expensive sin in the world.
It was in the Maldives, on a private island where our families met by "chance". She arrived with her white dress, her expensive perfume, her perfect life... And it ruined me.
From day one I knew I was going to want to play it. From the second, I knew I wasn't going to be able to stop. And from the night she was mine, I understood that... this