By Day, He Ruins Me. By Night, He Owns Me.

Cassidy Carter knows struggle. For most of her life, it’s been just her and her mother—moving from one shabby apartment to the next, chasing hope that never lasts. She’s used to lies, broken promises, and men who walk away.



But nothing prepares her for the day her mother marries into the infamous Ashford family.



Suddenly, Cassidy is dragged into a world of privilege she doesn’t belong to—marble floors, high walls, and the cruel stare of Dante Ashford, her new stepbrother.



He’s everything she despises: rich, cold, ruthless.

He’s everything the world worships: gorgeous, powerful, untouchable.

And from the second she enters his home, he makes one thing clear:



“You’re a parasite. You and your mother—gold-digging trash. Stay out of my way.”







At Blackridge Academy, Dante rules like a god. And Cassidy? She’s nothing but his favorite target.

Every whisper, every glare, every shove against her locker is designed to remind her: she doesn’t belong.



But Cassidy Carter doesn’t bow easily. Not to spoiled boys with trust funds. Not to bullies in mansions.



What starts as hate turns into something darker.

Late-night encounters. Heated arguments. Forbidden stares.

And when Dante kisses her just to punish her, just to prove he can—everything changes.



Now, there’s a fire between them neither can control.

He has a girlfriend.

She has rules.

And yet… they can’t stop.



“You belong to me, even if you hate it.”







At home, they pretend.

At school, they fight.

But behind closed doors? They fall.



Then Cassidy uncovers Dante’s darkest secret—something that could ruin him forever. Something no one is meant to know. And when she threatens to expose it, his mask cracks... revealing a broken boy beneath the monster he’s become.



Torn between love and survival, hate and obsession, Cassidy and Dante are walking a line that leads straight to destruction.



Because some love stories were never meant to happen.

But this one?

Was never meant to end.