With her mother dead and her father out of reach, Amandla Zande grew up reserved and alone. At 17 and in matric, she matured fast, having to manage life on her own and with no-one to share her burdens and the deep secret she carried around with her every day.Now a 23-year-old graduate and junior accounts assistant, time and chance cause her to cross paths with Mangaliso Zulu, a 32-year-old business mogul and owner of MZ Holdings Inc. He is well established, experienced and a ladies man who is out of her league to her inexperience, complications and nightmares engulfing her life. Amandla's world is turned upside down as she is unable to resist his advances and is not immune to his charm and of course his eyes: exquisite, alluring, priceless emerald. His love warms her dead heart, but fate has no heart. Will she be able to handle the pressure of dating someone like Mangi? Will the universe and blasts from the past allow their fairy-tale to blossom? Or will the secret she carries destroy them? Moreover, will her heart be strong enough to accept the fate of their relationship?Mangi and Amandla's love seems perfect but can a perfect love survive an imperfect past?