When a struggling young woman is offered a life-changing contract marriage by the city’s most powerful billionaire, she believes it’s simply a business deal—one year as his wife in exchange for financial security.Cold, arrogant, and guarded, he has no interest in love. She has no intention of falling for a man who treats emotions as weakness.But as they navigate high-society parties, family secrets, jealous rivals, and unexpected danger, the line between pretence and reality begins to disappear. Every stolen glance, every protective gesture, and every shared secret pulls them closer together.Just when they are ready to admit their feelings, a shocking betrayal threatens to destroy everything.Will their contract end as planned… or will it become the beginning of a love neither in of them saw coming?