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After surviving a kidnapping in New York, Marfil, a wealthy twenty-year-old heiress, is forced to live under the constant watch of Sebastian Moore, a bodyguard as handsome as he is impassive. Despite her reservations, an intense and forbidden attraction develops between them. However, Marfil soon discovers that Sebastian is hiding dark secrets and that her own father is involved in a dangerous criminal underworld. Caught in a web of family betrayals and deadly threats, she must determine whether Sebastian will be her downfall or her only hope for survival. A high-stakes romance blending bodyguard fiction and dark thriller, told in two volumes.
Marfil Cortés, a daughter of a wealthy Spanish businessman, is kidnapped and released, leading her father to hire Sebastian Moore as a bodyguard. Despite initial clashes, they form an irremediable attraction, navigating a world where no one is who they say they are.
After the shocking betrayal at the end, Marfil finds herself a prisoner in a gilded cage in Miami, under the control of the obsessive Marcus Kozel. As her family’s dark secrets finally come to light, Marfil is trapped in a dangerous game. Despite his betrayal, her former bodyguard Sebastian Moore remains her only hope, and the only man she cannot forget. To win back her freedom, she must decide whom to trust, even if it means risking everything for the man who broke her heart.