Rickard Leopoldo has never lost anything until his father delivers an ultimatum that could cost him everything. Marry or lose the Leopoldo dukedom, billions in inheritance, and the reputation he has spent his entire life protecting. His enemies are already watching. The media is already waiting. One wrong move and they will tear him apart.He doesn't need love. He needs a wife. Fast.Aaliyah-Marie Seymour is not what anyone expected him to choose. She isn't polished or powerful. But she is real, and real is exactly what he needs to sell this.The deal is simple. Thirty days. A ring. A performance. Then they walk away.Except nobody walks away clean when they've lived that close to someone. Late nights become too honest. Distance becomes too hard to hold. And somewhere between the public smiles and the private silences, something neither of them planned begins to take root.Then someone threatens to expose the arrangement and suddenly the stakes aren't just Leo's fortune and legacy.They're his heart.He built an empire learning not to need anyone. She agreed to a contract knowing it wasn't real. But some things grow in the spaces between pretending, and neither of them is prepared for what happens when the truth comes out.

After her mother's death, Antonina is left drowning in debt and struggling to care for her sick father and younger brother. When billionaire CEO Adrian Kingston offers her a contract marriage, she has little choice but to accept.What begins as a simple arrangement soon becomes complicated as hidden secrets, dangerous truths, and undeniable feelings threaten to tear them apart. But when Antonina discovers a shocking connection between Adrian's family and her mother's death, she must decide whether to seek revenge or trust the man she was never supposed to love.