A city nurse. A quiet farmer. A love neither of them expected. Ayanna Bartolome thought her blind date with Giovanni Farris was a disaster—he barely spoke, and seemed completely uninterested. But when she runs into her ex and pretends Giovanni is her boyfriend, everything changes. Bound by a lie and drawn by something deeper, Ayanna finds herself working in Giovanni’s world—his family’s hacienda, his fields, his peace. She swore she’d never fall again, yet the way he looks at her feels dangerously close to home. “He’s my boyfriend,” she said. Isang biro. Isang pagtatakip. Pero sa mga mata ni Giovanni, parang pangako iyon. “You said it was just pretend,” he whispered, breathless as he pinned her against the wall. “Then why do you tremble every time I touch you?” Ayanna knows she should walk away. But when he whispers, voice low and raw, “Huwag mo akong turuang palayain ka, Ayanna. Hindi kita kayang hindi hanapin.”