Amara was running out of time.With her mother’s life on the line and debts closing in, she has no choice but to accept a dangerous offer, a contract marriage to a man she barely knows.Adrian Cole is powerful, cold, and in control. To him, marriage is just business.No emotions. No questions. No escape.But behind his rules lies a world of secrets Amara was never meant to uncover.As she is drawn deeper into his life, the lines between duty and desire begin to blur. What started as a simple agreement soon becomes something far more complicated and far more dangerous.Because some contracts are not meant to be broken.And some hearts are not meant to survive them.