HE WAS THE GOLDEN SON UNTIL I BROKE HIM Hakeem Hatfield is the perfect heir. He is the pride of Buckhead and the loyal shadow of his father. He lives by a rigid code of discipline and protocol. I am the girl sent to disrupt his peace. I am the step-sister he was supposed to guard, but I became the temptation he could not resist. The moment our parents left the country, the rules of this estate vanished. I saw the fire behind his cold eyes when he found me in my room. I challenged him to stop acting like a brother and start acting like a man. He took the bait. Now, the disciplined protector has become a possessive master. He has claimed every room in this mansion, turning our home into a sanctuary for our forbidden desires. The clock is ticking toward our ruin. Our parents are returning to reclaim their throne, and we must hide the evidence of our betrayal. We sit at the dinner table with straight backs and polite smiles while the air between us burns. He thinks he is the one holding the keys to my cage. He does not realize that I am the one who led him into the dark. We are living a lie that will eventually burn this entire legacy to the ground.