SHE’S STUBBORN HE’S ARROGANT

YVONNE
I smiled worryingly as he approached me.
Some people lose everything by accident.
By fate. By misfortune. By one wrong step.
Selene Vale didn’t.
What happened to her… was planned.
Carefully. Quietly.
Like someone took their time tearing her life apart piece by piece, making sure nothing was left standing.
Her name, once powerful, became something people whispered about.
Her family, once untouchable, collapsed overnight.
And the truth?
Gone. Buried beneath lies so perfect they almost felt real.
But Selene wasn’t built to accept endings she didn’t understand.
She watched.
She listened.
She learned how silence could hide more than words ever revealed.
And then… she started digging.
Not like a victim desperate for answers.
But like someone ready to destroy whatever she found.
Because if someone had ruined her life…
She was going to return it.
Ruthlessly. Completely.
That was how she found him.
Dante Rourke.
A man people didn’t talk about unless they wanted trouble.
A name that carried weight, fear… and something far worse than both.
No one knew how far his reach went.
But everyone understood one thing...
When Dante Rourke gets involved… things don’t get fixed.
They disappear.
She should have stopped there.
Any sane person would have.
But Selene had never been afraid of darkness.
She stepped closer.
Closer to the man everyone avoided.
Closer to the danger wrapped so perfectly in control and silence.
Her plan was simple.
Get close. Get answers. Get out.
But nothing about Dante Rourke was simple.
He didn’t react the way men did.
Didn’t fall into patterns.
Didn’t break under pressure.
But in a world built on power, secrets, and control…
The truth isn’t something you find.
It’s something that consumes you.
And Dante ?
He doesn’t chase. He doesn’t beg. He doesn’t lose..He waits.
For the moment you step too close…
And realize too late, You were never the one in control.
What happens when revenge leads to the one man you can’t destroy?
When the truth you’re searching for… is far more dangerous than the lies?
And when the devil you tried to use… decides to keep you instead?
...
“She came looking for answers. He became the question she couldn’t escape.”
READY TO FALL.