I thought moving to a quiet town would give me peace. I never expected to become the obsession of not one, but two dangerously handsome billionaire brothers.Liam Blackwood — ruthless, cold, and commanding. He says he doesn’t believe in love… but he looks at me like he owns me.Ethan Blackwood — charming, seductive, and deadly in his own right. He says he’ll protect me… even if it means going against his own brother.I was just a struggling waitress with a dark past. They were the heirs to a billion-dollar empire with secrets that could destroy everything. Now I’m caught in their twisted game of passion, power, and revenge — and the more I try to escape, the deeper I fall into their world.One wants my heart. The other wants my soul.But the truth is, neither of them plans to let me go.Not until I choose one... or lose them both.

Ethan Vale was just a nameless orphan, scraping by with grease-stained hands and broken dreams—until the day he was offered a million-dollar deal to marry the heiress of the Lancaster empire in place of his runaway half-brother.He thought it would be simple: sign the papers, wear the ring, keep his head down.But nothing about Isabella Lancaster is simple.Cold, brilliant, and tormented by betrayal, Isabella makes one thing clear—she doesn't want a husband. She wants a weapon. A shield. Someone to help her survive the vultures circling her family's crumbling legacy.As Ethan steps into her world of secrets, lies, and blood-stained inheritance, he begins to uncover a truth more dangerous than he imagined:Her last fiancé didn’t leave.He disappeared.And someone doesn’t want Ethan asking why.Just when Ethan thinks he’s in control, whispers of his own forgotten past begin to surface—memories that were never his, and scars he doesn't remember earning.Is he truly a substitute...Or has he been the target all along?