He gave her a ring. She gave him her freedom. Ava Sinclair is used to surviving. As the no-nonsense secretary to New York’s most feared billionaire, Damien Blackstone, she knows her place stay professional, stay distant, and never cross the line. But when a billion-dollar merger demands a “family man” image, Damien shocks her with an offer: marry him for one year in exchange for more money than she could dream of. Ava signs the deal. No strings. No feelings. No risks. But as walls crumble and sparks fly, their arrangement begins to blur into something dangerously real. In a world where power always comes first, can love survive a contract?