One wild night in Manhattan, I’m mistaken for his ex—the last woman he should want.

Kain's world is full of gloss and shadows, and I'm thrust into the spotlight, posing as a polished lie.

I am a small-town girl caught up in a whirlwind of his high-stakes world,

whose heart I'm not supposed to steal.

We stuck together, every faux public kiss blurs the line between real and pretend.

He's a tempest of a man, all gruff and business.

But in his five-year-old daughter’s laughter,

I see the most wonderful dad behind the empire,

a man who makes me want things I shouldn’t.

As the city that never sleeps watches our every move,

something real simmers beneath the charade.

A surprise twist neither of us saw coming—two pink lines that changed the game.

The final act will be our undoing, or the beginning of a truth too passionate to pretend.