Tessa Anderson has endured two years of a marriage that feels more like a sentence than a vow. Her husband, Raymond Anderson, the powerful CEO everyone admires has never hidden his contempt for her or his infatuation with Danielle Greene, a glamorous model who thrives on Tessa’s humiliation. Once naïve enough to mistake his coldness for strength, Tessa is no longer willing to play the role of the discarded wife. Divorce, she believes, is her only salvation. But Raymond has other plans. When she serves him papers, he doesn’t sign, he laughs. Yet the determination in her eyes shocks him in a way nothing else ever has. Desperate to keep her bound, he strikes a cruel bargain: if she can win the approval of his ruthless mother and the blessing of his grandmother, the architect of their marriage, he will grant her freedom. If she fails, she belongs to him. The challenge is nearly impossible. Tessa faces humiliation, betrayal, and a public collapse that leaves her abandoned in the rain. An accident soon after nearly costs her everything, and when she wakes in the hospital, it is Derrick, Raymond’s best friend by her side, not her husband. That night, the love she once had for Raymond dies. But for Raymond, it is only the beginning. The thought of losing her shook him to the core. He begins to fight for her in ways he never has, even as his love twists into jealousy and obsession. When Raymond finally drops the mask, revealing the man beneath the arrogance, the man terrified of losing her, Tessa is forced to ask herself the question she swore she’d buried: Can love truly be reborn in the depth of hate, or is his devotion just another chain designed to keep her bound?

Xavier Adams has everything a man could want; billions in the bank, devastating charm, and a different beautiful woman on his arm every night. He doesn't believe in love, and he's never had to chase a woman. Until the mysterious girl in red walks into his life. After one unforgettable night, she disappears without giving him her name. For the first time, Xavier finds himself searching for a woman who doesn't want to be found. When fate finally puts them in the same room again, he expects her to fall for him like every other woman. Instead, she avoids him, rejects him, and seems determined to make him lose his mind. What begins as a game to conquer the one woman who dared to resist him soon becomes something Xavier never expected: real love. But Maddy has her own reasons for keeping him at a distance, and the closer Xavier gets, the more secrets threaten to tear them apart. He thought he was the player. He never imagined he'd be the one who would lose the game, and his heart.