Nerissa Okonkwo doesn't believe in fairy tales. She believes in contracts, in evidence, in doing the math before she makes a move. So when billionaire Caelan Ashford-Hayes offers to save her dying brother's life — on one condition — she reads every clause before she signs.Marry me.She doesn't love him. She doesn't even like him. But love was never part of the deal.Behind the gates of Ashford Manor, Ness discovers she isn't the only woman who has claim to Caelan's heart. There's Satin, his first love, who believes she alone knows how to heal him. There's Jax, his fiercely loyal head of security, who has loved him in silence for years and would burn the world down before she'd betray him. And there's Diara, his brilliant new assistant, hiding a secret that could bring his empire to its knees.Ness came to this marriage to save her brother. She never expected to fall for the man who bought her. She never expected to uncover the lie her entire marriage was built on.Because the illness that forced her into this contract may not be real at all.And the man she's starting to love may be the one who orchestrated the lie.Some marriages are built on love. Some are built on money. Hers was built on a secret that could destroy them all — and she's the only one who doesn't know it yet.