Bound by Secrecy

Imagine being confined to your home since you were four years old, knowing nothing of the world beyond the stories told to you. How would that make you feel? Now, fourteen years later, imagine stepping outside for the very first time. What awaits you then? Yumio Kishimoto has lived her entire life behind closed doors, frail and sheltered from the world since childhood. But on her eighteenth birthday, everything changes—she is finally allowed to step outside. The moment those doors open, her life begins to shift in ways she never imagined. That’s when Liam Valencia enters her world—or rather, storms into it. A man shrouded in secrets and mystery, Liam becomes the key to a reality Yumio was never prepared for. Through him, she learns the beauty and cruelty of the world firsthand. Does she appreciate it? More than she can admit. Yet the one thing Yumio knows for certain is that Liam remains an enigma—just as she is to him. And when fate begins to weave their lives together through trials that uncover the hidden truths of their families, one question lingers:Will they ever find the closure they’ve both been searching for?