Arya Rathore, a 29-year-old girl, owns an art gallery in Jaipur, India. Her dream is to meet and study her muse in person, the great artist and painter, Alessandro Mancini. Things take a sharper turn when she finds herself standing near the death's door. She must strive to fulfil her dream by hook or by crook before she runs out of time. 

And the only person who can get her there is his son, Lionel Mancini, the arrogant, mysterious yet inadvertently irresistible and one of the most powerful men in West Coast USA. There is something dark about him that she can't put her finger on. 

Would she be able to con Lionel and acquire her lifelong dream? Or would she get buried in the ground before its time?......

The Walk of Sin

As I entered the studio, a sense of rehabilitation washed over me. I looked at it as if I was a honey bee and this was my nectar. It was as if I was already in a dream, and all my answers were right here. 


I looked around the snow-white interiors; decked with Alessandro's masterpieces. 


"I can sense that you are looking for something in particular, something that is not here," a small bald man dressed in a crisp formal suit stood by my side. 


"Perhaps. Is Mr. Alessandro Mancini available at the studio?" I enquired giving it a long cold shot. 


"I am afraid the artist does not welcome intruders. Besides, he is on a Schengen tour these days," he spoke in a confident rather arse-like tone. 


"And how would you know this?" I enquired. 


"My name is George Russell. I manage Mr. Mancini's accounts in the USA," he responded, flashing an oversized extra white smile. 


Chapter 9