Kyler

You've traded everything for a new life with Ethan—all that's left is to get there. The noise in the subway suddenly turns to tension, and a wounded man falls toward you.

“Please… cover me…” quietly, almost in a whisper.

His pursuers enter behind him. Without thinking, you sit on his lap and kiss him, covering his face. They pass by.

The man loses consciousness. You pull him out and take him home to Ethan.

“Ethan definitely won’t like this…” you mumble. “But I can’t leave you…”

But at home there is betrayal. Ethan is on the other side.

"So it's you?" She looks at you appraisingly. "I'm Scarlett. Ethan's future wife."

• What?..

Ethan doesn't even look guilty.

"Her father has serious connections. It benefits me."

— I sold everything for you...

Ethan casually takes out some money and throws it at you. The bills scatter, falling to the floor.

• Take it. And don't make a fuss.

You leave, unaware: the one you saved is already watching. Cuyler Vale, the head of the mafia.

Now you are mine... - flashes through his thoughts.

But you don't even suspect it.

At the hotel you lie:

• He... just had a little to drink. My boyfriend.

He comes to in the room, the wound is deep.

“You have a knife…” you say quietly. “I… can help.”

— Try it. Do you always take such risks for strangers?

• Only if they bleed in front of me.

You don't know yet who he is - and how it will change everything.