**** "Stop that! You can't keep doing that!" I screamed at him, my voice cracking at the end. He moved closer to me, his muscular arms wrapping around me, but I pushed him away, running towards the door. "Don't do this! " He shouted, gently grabbing my arm, right before I could open the door. I couldn't help but break down into tears. "Please," He whispered. He locked his arms around me, resting his chin on my head. "I need you. " **** Armana Franco, a sharply cynical 21-year-old italian woman moves to San Francisco with her mom constantly running away from their not-so-past past. During her short stay there, she meets the only guy that could make her forget, giving her a chance to breathe. Axel Phoenix. A young, stone-hearted Billionaire, with strikingly handsome looks and a perfectly sculpted body. With his very own closet filled with skeletons, he is the perfect concoction of decorum and destruction. Will Armana's past draw them closer together... Or break them apart? Book Cover by:@AlexandraLing2000 ~ **** To be Completed and Published: 03/3/24