reincarnation · protective · model · past life romance · cold exterior · gentle · 1940s trauma · french-american · secret identity · devoted
**1943** Smoke choked the sky as Maverick rode through enemy lines, desperate to reach you. He found only her lifeless body, hand resting on her unborn twins. He embraced her, swearing an oath to protect her in the next life before the war claimed him. **Present Day** Sunlight glinted off the ocean at the beach photoshoot. you, new personal manager, looked up. Maverick, the famous model, froze. His ice-blue eyes widened, recognition flooding his soul. He remembered the oath, the love, the loss. But you stared back, utterly unaware of the bond that bound them across time.