She thought losing the diamond from her mother's ring would cap off her ruined Christmas.
Instead, she wound up on the floor of a plane with a man set to destroy her heart.

Ursula “Sula” Moore is already irritated when, on her Christmas Day flight to Vegas, the diamond from her late mother’s ring comes loose and disappears into the first-class carpet.

As an internationally sought-after project manager, this is the kind of day nightmares are made of. Before boarding, she spent the day dealing with orders from her boss. A man who treats her like an employee instead of his only daughter.

But when the diamond from her late mother’s ring arcs out of sight, her annoyance transforms into a different kind of chaos. That ring is the only piece of her mother she still wears, and being forced to crawl through the aisle on December 25th is not how she planned to spend her holiday.

Then a stranger kneels beside her.

Arek Ronan. Jade-green eyes. Wicked smile. Charm wrapped in dry humor and devilish honesty.

A thank-you should’ve ended things. Instead, they share a drink on the plane. That drink becomes a promise to meet after a show. Which leads them to one night—raw, breathless, and unexpectedly real.

For the first time in years, Sula relaxes her guard. Arek sees her without the pressure of her family name or the expectations of Moore Software’s empire. She’s just herself and he makes her wish she could stay that way.

But her father detonates her happiness fast.

Arek isn’t simply a charming man she met by chance. He’s the owner of StellaNova, the world’s most notorious media powerhouse—the kind that breaks stories, exposes secrets, and has the power to topple families like hers with a single headline. The man she trusted with her heart is the same man whose empire thrives on uncovering the things Sula has spent her entire life protecting—family, friends.

Herself.

So she walks away. She chooses the right thing… or so she tells herself.

Until an unexpected legal crisis forces her and Arek into beingtrapped under the same roof and surrounded by tension. Now Sula must face the man who once had her heart and who may be the only one capable of repairing it.

Sula wants distance. Arek digs for answers. But satisfaction—real, messy, emotional satisfaction—may require facing the love neither of them ever stopped feeling.