To settle a massive debt, ruthless tycoon Rocher Vance claims the Thorne heir as his living collateral. But as he uncovers the boy's traumatic past and a web of family lies, Rocher finds himself protecting the very person he was meant to break. Can love survive a bond forged in vengeance?
Don't send me back. Please, anything but that. I need you to stand up. I'm right here. I won't touch you. I won't move. Do you hear You won't come closer, right? No. Not unless you say so.
I'm sorry. I'm a burden. Clean everything up. I'll mend the clothes. Please, don't... Don't what? Nothing.
Don't what? Finish the sentence. Don't send me back. Please, anything but that. He's not afraid of me. Whatever's waiting for him back there is worse than being trapped with a man who hates him.
Cover yourself. You haven't stopped shaking. Why? Why what? Aren't you supposed to hate me?
Who hurt your back? Give me a name. There's no name. There were too many.
No one is going to punish you tonight or tomorrow. You stay in this room. Lock the door from the inside. He told me to lock the door.
He gave me a lock. No one has ever given me a lock before.