She hired him to forget her past.
But what if she unlocks something real?

Dream Inc. sells fantasy relationships performed by neural-linked actors. 

The rules are simple: follow the script. Stay in character. Never fall for the client.

But Sera Shaw’s fantasy is dangerous…

A biotech heiress raised by a strict father, she hires Dream Inc. to recreate what she thought love was: a controlling, cruel, and destructive partner who mirrors the man she had to survive.

Enter Ryden Kamakura, a gifted engineer trying to erase a violent past by submitting to the company that erased his crimes.

Buried in debt and guilt, he now works as a neural link tester in Dream Inc.’s experimental emotional simulation program. 

He agrees to play the part on Sera’s stage—for a price.

But he’s not like Derek Callahan—the golden boy who broke her. 

And when fantasy starts to blur with memory, Sera must choose between the man she's trying to forget… or an unscripted detour.

Chapter 3 - Chapter WIP