Eight years ago, Chloe De Luca was ruined by a scandal she never caused.Her stepsister’s lies, a few stolen photos, and one cruel betrayal turned her life upside down. Cast out by her own father, Chloe left London in shame — only to return years later as a woman reborn: confident, untouchable, and determined never to fall again.But fate has a dark sense of humor.When Damien Sterling, a billionaire CEO with his own trust issues, needs a fake girlfriend to quiet his family’s pressure, Chloe becomes his unlikely solution.He doesn’t believe in love—not after the woman he trusted betrayed him for money and fame.And Chloe doesn’t believe in second chances—not after losing everything once before.What starts as a cold, calculated agreement soon blurs into something dangerously real.Because when two people with broken pasts start pretending to be in love…sometimes, the heart forgets it’s only supposed to act.