To save her family from bankruptcy, Elena is forced into a contract marriage with the ruthless billionaire, Xavier Sinclair. Once a pawn in her family's financial struggles, Elena has always been overlooked and undervalued. Xavier sees her as a means to an end, and he makes it clear he expects nothing from her but obedience. But as their cold, contractual relationship deepens, Xavier’s hard exterior begins to crack. What started as a way to break her becomes a need to possess and protect her. Elena, believing she’s undeserving of love, struggles with the pull between the man who demands her submission and the one who slowly starts to claim her heart.