I’ll burn the f*****g world just to have you, wifey. And if you let me, I swear I’ll worship the very ground you walk on.”~~~~~At thirty, Sydney Cooper returns to Charleston for her brother’s wedding with a heart full of shame, a career in ruins, and a past that refuses to let go. Suspended from her medical residency after a devastating mistake, haunted by the boy who once loved her like she was nothing, and secretly obsessed with the life he’s built without her… she thought she could handle this homecoming.Not until she meets him. Raven Hart.Twenty-five. Five years younger than her.Her ex’s younger brother. Her own brother’s best friend.And the dangerously brilliant tech genius building an empire she can’t escape.Calm, controlled, and lethal, Raven has always wanted her. His past is dark, his desires darker, and he will not stop until she is his—mind, body, and name. He calls her “wifey,” proposes marriage to her as a means to save her, and proves countless times that no one in this world can touch her without his notice… or his wrath.As wedding chaos blurs into stolen moments, jealousy ignites, secrets bleed, and past and present collide, Sydney must navigate: an ex who wants her back, dark antagonists scheming in the shadows, and a man willing to destroy everything to claim her.She thought coming home would be easy. That she could remain invincible. That accepting to marry a man younger than her would be nothing but marriage on paper.She couldn’t have been more wrong.Because in a city full of obsession, lies, and desire… Raven will have her.And Charlotte Devereux? She will stop at nothing to ruin them all.