By the time I sense him before I feel him, it's too late. He reaches my side, and my body gradually becomes aware of how near he is to me. His cologne permeates the night's breeze, and I am sickened with remorse. “I won’t stop chasing you, Vanessa. You should know this by now. I will follow you to the ends of the world. Claiming you as mine over and over again.” His words hold a promising tone and my heart flutters with warmth. Loving his possessive attitude towards me through a heated argument in the public eye. =||=||= My name's Vanessa Maddison. I once was a lonely soul with nothing to look forward to. I have an amazing best friend called Chrissy. She's been the anchor to my sinking ship, desperately trying to breathe hope back into my lifeless heart. My existence was a battle and it was a war I was slowly starting to lose. That was until Luca Venturi walks into my life like a raging storm. He has the ability to explode everything up around me, like a bullet-shaped torpedo gliding through the ocean hitting its target. Me!. He tells me we have something special together, something raw and beautiful. I was hesitant to let him into my heart, and when I did... I soon learned about the web of lies my love for him was built upon. That something he described as special, raw, and beautiful had nothing to do about us. The life I thought I knew was a lie, the man I fell in love with wasn't real, and that something special, raw and beautiful was taken from me a long time ago and I didn't even know it existed