Mina Denvers once believed love could survive anything. Until Ethan Wood proved her wrong. After draining her savings, drowning her in debt, and disappearing without a trace, Ethan leaves Mina alone to carry the consequences of a life he ruined. Bills pile up, debt collectors begin hunting her down, and the man who once promised her forever suddenly returns engaged to another woman—as if Mina was nothing more than a phase he outgrew. But Ethan has one dangerous flaw: He cannot accept losing. Obsessive, manipulative, and cruel beneath his charming smile, Ethan believes Mina will always crawl back to him no matter how badly he breaks her. To him, Mina is still his possession. Then Adrian Vale enters her life. Cold. Wealthy. Mysterious. A man feared by everyone in the city. When Adrian offers Mina a deal that could erase her debts completely, she’s thrown into a world of luxury, danger, obsession, and buried secrets. Their relationship begins as nothing more than a contract— but desire was never meant to stay fake. As Ethan grows increasingly unstable and determined to reclaim Mina at any cost, she finds herself trapped between two dangerous men: one who destroyed her in the name of love… and one who might destroy the entire world for her. In a story filled with heartbreak, betrayal, obsession, emotional scars, possessiveness, tension, jealousy, and mature romance, Mina must decide whether love is worth surviving for— or if some flowers are simply meant to wither.