When her younger sister disappears on the eve of an arranged marriage to billionaire Damien Cross, twenty-six-year-old Elena Rivera makes a desperate choice: she'll take her sister's place at the altar. It's supposed to be temporary - just long enough to get the money to pay off her sister's dangerous debts. But Damien isn't the cold stranger she expected. Their marriage contract is clear: one year of pretending, no feelings, no complications. The rules shatter the first night he kisses her. As Elena struggles to maintain her deception, she discovers Damien's enemies are circling, and someone wants to destroy him. When her sister suddenly reappears with devastating news and shocking secrets, Elena faces an impossible choice: reveal the truth and lose everything, or keep lying to the one man who's made her feel truly alive.