Peter Kavinsky was once a brilliant engineer with nothing but dreams and a tarnished name. After a stay in jail made him unemployable, life only grew harder. Struggling to provide for his three children, Peter watched helplessly as his wife, Bennie, grew tired of poverty and left him for a wealthier man—handing him some money and full custody before walking away. Her departure shattered their family, leaving emotional scars on all of them—especially the youngest daughter, who became mute at just two years old.
Peter used the last of his faith—and the money she gave him—to build a single aircraft. That plane turned into an empire. Now a billionaire and CEO of his own aviation company, Peter is rich in wealth but emotionally bankrupt. Cold, distant, and closed off from women, he’s failed to keep a nanny—every one of them leaves when faced with his broken children and colder heart.
Until Ashley Pascal.
She’s different. Soft, strong, and fiercely loving toward his children—especially the mute little girl. Ashley doesn’t run. Not even when Peter lashes out. Not even when his pain makes him cruel. She stays—and slowly, everything begins to change.
But just as their guarded hearts begin to thaw, the past returns with a vengeance. Bennie wants back in. And Daniel—Ashley’s obsessive boyfriend who becomes her ex will do anything to destroy what they’re building. With old wounds, new enemies, and buried secrets threatening to ruin them, Peter and Ashley must decide: will they let life tear them apart, or fight for the love they never saw coming?