Fifteen years back, two kids made it through a night that nearly finished them.There was a scared girl trying to find her sick mom. And a quiet boy, left behind by his brother. Somewhere in the middle of the chaos, they promised each other they'd be okay - sealing it with a pinky swear before life forced them apart.Elena never moved on from that boy whose name started with "D." He comforted her, made sure she got home, then vanished. She's spent years holding onto that memory, sure she'd find him again someday.Damien never let go of the girl he watched over that night. He looked for her for years, but then her house disappeared. She was gone. That gentle kid he used to be? Lost in the wreckage of that night - now he's just Damien Black, the cold, intimidating chairman everyone fears.The world has other plans, though, and throws them together again - hardly the way either one expects.Elena's hustling tables at the Black Enterprises Exclusive Lounge when she slips up and spills wine all over a customer's cuff. The customer turns out to be Damien Black himself.He fires her right there.Then, just as quickly, hires her back.Now Elena works for him, with no idea her harsh, impossible boss is the boy she's been chasing in her memories. Damien keeps his guard up, terrified he'll wreck her with the truth.She can't stand how cold he acts. He can't help but watch out for her, no matter how hard he tries not to. She keeps talking about quitting - sure she needs to find "D." He keeps making sure she stays, no matter what.Then word gets out: one of the Black brothers was kidnapped fifteen years ago.Elena holds off on resigning. Damien starts to unravel. Everything they buried - the guilt, the memories, the secrets - starts to claw its way back up.He found her once. She's about to find him again. And that old promise? It's not going to let either of them go.
