Isla Virelli never asked to be famous—she was auctioned into it.

When the gavel fell and a billion-dollar bid sealed her fate, the world watched a woman become a possession. But Isla wasn't a commodity. She was a storm in disguise, and someone just paid a fortune to cage a hurricane.

Her buyer? Vale Ryser—infamous tech mogul with a ruthless past and a gaze that speaks fluent danger. To the world, he's cold, calculated, untouchable. To Isla, he's the man who sees through the mask she didn't know she wore.

Thrown into a life of hidden deals, media frenzy, and secrets wrapped in luxury, Isla must navigate a world that profits off silence. But when silence threatens her soul, she makes a choice that shakes empires.

As sparks ignite between captor and captive, loyalty is tested, identities are stripped bare, and the truth becomes a currency more dangerous than gold.

In a city where image is everything and power is for sale, love might be the highest-stakes gamble of all.

A gripping, emotionally rich story of survival, resilience, and the kind of love that doesn't ask for permission—it claims you.