I thought the worst betrayal of my life was walking in on my fiancé kissing my stepsister.I was wrong.Within the same hour, my father threw me out of the only home I'd ever known... and sold me to the most feared man in the country.Damien De Luca wasn't just a billionaire.He was a man powerful enough to make politicians bow, businessmen tremble, and criminals disappear without leaving a trace. Cold, ruthless, and dangerously handsome, he never asked for anything twice. When he looked at me with those emotionless gray eyes and declared that I would become his wife in seven days, I thought my nightmare had only just begun.I hated him for stealing my freedom.He claimed he was protecting me.As secrets surrounding my mother's death began to surface, I realized my betrayal had started long before my fiancé broke my heart. Every lie led back to the De Luca empire... and to a promise made years before I was born.The closer I grew to the man I was forced to marry, the harder it became to ignore the way he watched me, protected me, and destroyed anyone who dared to hurt me.But loving Damien De Luca came with a deadly price.His enemies wanted me dead.His family hid dangerous secrets.And when the truth about my past was finally revealed, I discovered I was never meant to be an ordinary woman.I was the key to a war powerful men had been waiting decades to begin.He bought me to settle a debt.He never expected me to become the only woman capable of bringing his empire to its knees... or ruling it beside him.

layla was 18 years old, and going everything to get a job. when she met with Jackson and unknowingly left an impression on him.Jackson was 29 years old, the most eligible bachelor the city and a powerful businessman. he had girls around him all the time but once he set his eyes in lyla he couldn't forget the innocence in her eyes. after looking for her for a whole year he gave up. but fate decided to bring them together and he found her the most unexpected place, in his brother's house babysitting their daughter.