‎She was drugged, ruined, and forced into his bed. Now she’s his wife, Ariella's trapped with the most ruthless billionaire. Dylan Blackwood took everything from Ariella in one brutal night: her innocence, her future, her freedom.‎He married her to secure his empire, Every night he claims her body, forcing her to moan his name even as she hates him. Every morning he makes her swallow the pill that reminds her she’ll never carry his child, never be more than a possession.‎Ariella Maxwell lost everything at sixteen, her parents, her home, and the life she once dreamed of. By twenty-four, she has nothing left but survival. Until one night changes everything.‎Drugged at a party and betrayed by her own stepsister, Ariella wakes up in the bed of the city’s most powerful and dangerous billionaire, Dylan Blackwood. A Cold, Ruthless, Untouchable Billionaire Dylan forces her into a marriage that was never meant to be real. To him, Ariella is only a convenient wife... a temporary solution. But inside the walls of the Blackwoodwood mansion.‎His family despises her. Enemies lurk in the shadows. Dylan is powerful and dangerous And the more Ariella tries to hate him... the more her body betrays her in his arms.‎But when a deadly enemy targets her and a dangerous secret begins to grow inside her, Ariella realizes something terrifying: The ruthless man she married might destroy the world to protect her.‎And loving Dylan could be the most dangerous mistake of all.‎

‎‎His mouth was on her throat before the elevator doors fully closed, one hand fisted in her hair, the other sliding under her skirt like he’d been starving for the taste of her skin for years.‎“Don’t look at me like that,” he growled against her pulse, voice raw and dangerous.‎“Like what?”‎“Like you already know exactly how I’m going to ruin you tonight.”‎Mara Whitlock only wanted to survive: pay the bills, forget the sister who stole her fiance, and never trust again.‎Rowan Vale only wanted control: of his company, his legacy, and the one thing he couldn’t buy: time with the mother dying in a hospital bed.‎A fake engagement was supposed to be simple.‎Six months.‎One million dollars now, one million later.‎Separate bedrooms.‎No feelings.‎‎She swore she’d never give him her body until he earned her heart.‎He swore six months was all he needed to make her beg on her knees.‎‎Now she’s wearing his ring…‎and he’s determined to make her scream his name before the contract ends.‎