"She was never mine to want but I wanted her anyway."
Delilah James has one goal ace CAPE and get out of Kingston. Life at her all-girls sixth form school is strict, competitive, and full of pressure. Between her mother's suffocating expectations and the whispers of classmates waiting for her to slip, Delilah knows there's no room for mistakes or distractions.
Then she meets him.
Raheem Sinclair isn't just any man he's a respected businessman, nearly twice her age, and her best friend's older brother. With sharp suits, a darker past, and the kind of confidence that commands any room, Raheem is everything forbidden. And yet, from the moment their eyes lock across a family dinner in the hills, Delilah feels her world tilt.
What begins with stolen glances and late-night texts spirals into a dangerous secret they can't contain. But in a small Jamaican town where everybody talks, secrets never stay buried for long. And when lines blur between love and obsession, Delilah must choose between the life she's always planned or the one that could ruin her.