Seven years ago, Emerald Hutton had left her family and friends behind for high school in New York City, cradling her broken heart in her hands, to escape just only one person. Her brother's best friend, whom she loved from the day he'd saved her from bullies at the age of seven. Broken by the boy of her dreams and betrayed by her loved ones, Emerald had learned to bury the pieces of her heart in the deepest corner of her memories.

Until seven years later, she has to come back to her hometown after finishing her college. The place where now the cold-hearted stone of a billionaire resides, whom her dead heart once used to beat for.

Scarred by his past, Achilles Valencian had turned into the man everyone feared. The scorch of his life had filled his heart with bottomless darkness. And the only light that had kept him sane, was his Rosebud. A girl with freckles and turquoise eyes he'd adored all his life. His best friend's little sister.

After years of distance, when the time has finally come to capture his light into his territory, Achilles Valencian will play his game. A game to claim what's his. 

Will Emerald be able to distinguish the flames of love and desire, and charms of the wave that had once flooded her to keep her heart safe? Or she will let the devil lure her into his trap? Because no one ever could escape his games. He gets what he wants. And this game is called...

The trap of Ace.

The Trap Of Ace

Bonus chapter - Part 2

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Sweat trickled down his strong back along the tensing and flexing of his muscles and shoulders as he was lost into killing his huge punching bag.
Only the sound of his ragged breathing and punches echoed around the gym.
But what had me shocked was the bloody spots on the punching bag. And I knew ...

Sweat trickled down his strong back along the tensing and flexing of his muscles and shoulders as he was lost into killing his huge punching bag. 

Only the sound of his ragged breathing and punches echoed around the gym.

But what had me shocked was the bloody spots on the punching bag. And I knew ...

Fears

Prologue

Back in the city

Stormy grey eyes

His Rosebud?

Meeting the devil again!

Always the winner

Jealousy

Mine

A shadow

Meeting the red head

Playing with me?

As the king orders

Creep!

The VIP elevator

His scorching touch

You're mine!

Turn around...

Anonymous gift

Hurting

He's gone?

Confronting Tess

The boss is here!

The devil of my dreams

Antonio Reymond?

I need you

Cheesy garlic shrimps

Not his woman

Warner?

Red freaking witch!

Ominous

Escaping him

Time to take a decision

Just as friends

Obsessed

The date

Teasing Mr. Valencian

The past

Heartbroken

Surprise visit

Arrested?

Trapped by him

Always there with me

Meeting Sierra

Two conditions

Pervert!

Eerie corridors

A chance

I love you

The surprise of the villain

Enemy inside?

Claimed by the beast

Sore

Liza again

Duncan De Sylvano

Threat

The demons of the past

Missing him

Goosebumps

Stormy night

Leaving him

Panic

Let's go home...

Mrs. Valencian

The vacation

The revealation - Part 1

The revealation - Part 2

She's my home...

One down

Forbidden place

He dies...

Curiosity killed the cat

The master plan

The jealous Greek god

The epilogue - Part 1

The epilogue - Part 2

Bonus chapter - Part 1

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