After an impulsive encounter, she leaves without giving the stranger her name and plans to keep the night hidden from both her boyfriend and protective brother. The secret becomes harder to contain on her first day of college. The man she thought she would never see again is the hockey captain and her brother’s best friend, putting him at the center of the campus life she is about to begin.
Emerald Hutton leaves home after heartbreak involving her brother's best friend and returns seven years later after college. Achilles Valencian is now a feared billionaire, still fixated on the girl he associates with hope. Her wish to protect herself collides with his determination to draw her back into his life on his own terms.
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