Three years. That was all Noel Bryant planned to endure in her cold, loveless marriage to Xavier Russell. For three long years, she played the role of the perfect wife; obedient patient and invisible while her powerful distant husband treated their marriage like a business arrangement. No love, no warmth, no marriage. So on their third wedding anniversary, she finally found the courage to do what she should have done a long time ago, file for divorce. But Xavier had other plans. On the very night she handed him the divorce papers, a shocking secret surfaces. His grandfather's will carries n ironclad condition. Xavier must remain married for five full years beor e can inherit the Russell empire. And he intends to keep Noel by his side, whether she likes it or not. Why begins as a forced extension of a broken marriage soon turns into a dangerous game of pride and power, spiraling out of their control.