Adira Cole signed a contract marriage with billionaire CEO Zane Ashford for one reason only: survival. No love. No commitment. No illusions. She would be his wife in name, he would solve her family's financial crisis, and in twenty-four months they would walk away as strangers. That was two years ago. While Zane forgot she existed, Adira built VAEL Strategy from nothing into Crestholm's most respected consulting firm. She is nobody's secret anymore. She is nobody's charity case. And she is twenty-nine days away from dissolving the marriage quietly and closing that chapter forever. Then his office calls. Zane Ashford needs VAEL's help saving his company from a hostile acquisition. He wants to meet the founder. He wants to understand how she thinks. He has no idea he already married her. Adira walks into his boardroom knowing exactly who he is. He looks at her like she is a puzzle he needs to solve. She looks at him like he is a problem she has already solved. But the closer they work together, the harder it becomes to stay hidden. And the deeper she digs into the acquisition threatening his empire, the closer she gets to a secret that will change everything she thought she knew about the last two years. Twenty-nine days. All she has to do is finish the job, sign the papers, and walk away. Simple. Clean. Except nothing about Zane Ashford has ever been simple. Some wives leave quietly. Some make him remember everything he chose to forget.