FORBIDDEN CONTRACT: The Billionaire's Contract Wife She overheard a secret that could destroy him. Now she's the only one who can save him. By marrying him. Maya Thompson never meant to be anywhere near the executive boardroom that morning. One wrong turn. One held breath behind a restroom door. And suddenly she's holding a secret powerful enough to topple Ethan Vance, the coldest, most feared CEO in the city. Ethan doesn't threaten her. He does something worse. He offers her a deal. Marry him. Save his company. Walk away in one year with enough money to erase every debt she's ever carried. It's business. Strictly business. No feelings allowed. Except feelings don't ask for permission. As reporters camp outside their gates and a jealous ex sharpens her claws, Maya starts to see the man underneath the empire. The one who funds an orphanage no one knows about. The one who sat for an hour at a stranger's hospital bedside without being asked. The one who looks at her like she's the only real thing in his carefully controlled world. But somebody wants this marriage to fail. Somebody is already watching. And somebody knows more about Maya, and about Ethan's past, than either of them can afford. Then a man named Daniel Hart walks back into Ethan's life, and everything Maya thought she understood about her husband collapses in an instant. Because the real danger was never the media. It was never the board. It wasn't even Vivian. It was the secret Ethan has been running from his entire life. One signature made her his wife. One phone call is about to make her his downfall.