Arielle Cole wakes up in a luxurious penthouse with a diamond ring on her finger, a stranger in her bed, and no memory of how she got there.The man beside her is Elijah Kade the cold, powerful billionaire CEO every woman in the city dreams of and every rival fears. He claims she is now his wife.But Arielle has never met him before.Or so she believes.As fragments of forgotten memories begin to surface, Arielle discovers that Elijah is not a stranger at all. He is the man she once loved… and the man someone desperately wanted her to forget.Bound by a marriage neither of them can easily escape, Arielle is pulled into a dangerous world of wealth, family secrets, betrayal, and desire. Every answer uncovers a darker truth, and every chapter of their past threatens to destroy the future they are building.But the greatest mystery remains:Why does Elijah look at her as if losing her once nearly ruined him?And what happens when she remembers the night she disappeared?A marriage built on secrets.A love buried by lies.A truth dangerous enough to kill for.

When Elena Hart’s father loses everything to billionaire Alexander Wolfe, she expects lawsuits, humiliation… maybe prison.She doesn’t expect a wedding ring.Cold. Untouchable. Ruthlessly controlled Alexander Wolfe doesn’t believe in love, mercy, or second chances. When Elena’s father is exposed for financial fraud involving Wolfe Enterprises, the evidence is more than enough to send him to prison for years. The family house is on the verge of being seized, and Elena’s younger brother’s life saving medical treatment hangs by a thread.Alexander offers a solution.Three years of marriage.In exchange, her father walks free. The debts disappear. The hospital bills are paid. The Hart family name survives.It’s not a proposal.It’s a transaction.Forced into a contract she never agreed to, Elena becomes Mrs. Wolfe overnight thrown into a world of luxury that feels more like a gilded cage. Separate bedrooms. Public smiles. Private silence. Alexander makes it clear from the beginning: this marriage is about control, not affection.But Elena refuses to be broken.She will wear his name.She will play her role.But she will not give him her heart.What neither of them anticipates is the quiet war that begins behind closed doors the tension in lingering glances, the jealousy neither will admit, the way Alexander’s cold composure cracks whenever Elena challenges him.The man who thought emotions were weaknesses finds himself undone by the very woman he married as collateral.And when buried secrets surface secrets about the real reason he chose her, and the truth behind her father’s debt Elena is forced to decide:Is she merely payment for a mistake she didn’t make?Or is she the one thing Alexander Wolfe can never afford to lose?In a marriage built on obligation, power, and pride, love was never part of the deal.But sometimes, the most dangerous contracts are the ones signed by the heart.

To fulfill his late father’s final wish, wealthy and irresistible billionaire Adrian Romano must find a bride quickly—someone who can fit into his very traditional family back in Italy. Until he does, his determined sister refuses to go ahead with her own wedding.Adrian has no interest in settling down, but he needs a temporary solution. So he makes an unexpected proposal to Lena Carter, a bold and independent photographer. If Lena agrees to pretend to be his fiancée during her upcoming trip to Milan for a photo shoot, Adrian promises to stay away from her married best friend, Sophie, and stop driving Lena crazy with his constant teasing and flirtation.What begins as a simple arrangement soon becomes far more complicated. Once they arrive in Italy, the chemistry between them ignites into a passionate connection neither of them expected. What was meant to be a harmless pretend relationship suddenly feels very real.