Future and Forgiveness

He spent twelve years searching for the woman he never forgot. She spent twelve years making sure he never found her. Alana King built her reputation by solving impossible problems. She united four rival mafia families, protects celebrities, billionaires, and world leaders, and somehow always saves everyone else. But when the people she's spent years protecting finally move on with their own happily ever afters, she's left with one impossible mission she can't fix: Her own heart. Grae never stopped looking for the girl he lost. Now a famous music producer, he's spent twelve years carrying the guilt of the biggest mistake of his life. Every private investigator, every dead end, every unanswered question leads back to the same woman—the one who disappeared without a trace. Then fate throws them together at a charity auction. One accidental reunion. One awkward apology. One secret that could destroy everything. As old feelings refuse to stay buried, Alana is forced to choose between protecting the life she built and telling Grae the truth about why she disappeared. Because loving him was never the problem. Surviving what came after was.