Lena Moore stopped believing in love the night it disappeared without an explanation. She buried herself in survival, built a small business with stubborn hands, and learnt how to stand alone because depending on anyone had once cost her everything.Adrian Vale doesn’t believe in love either. As one of the most powerful businessmen in the city, he trusts contracts, control, and carefully curated appearances. Feelings are weaknesses to him Attachments are liabilities to him And public image is everything he ever wants.So when Adrian needs a woman by his side to strengthen his identity and silence speculation, he offers Lena a deal clear terms, fixed duration, no emotions involved. Just a rented romance.It works. Too well.What begins as an arrangement turns dangerous when lines blur, touches linger, and truths surface. The world watches. The past resurfaces. And the contract that brought them together becomes the very thing tearing them apart.Because when the deal expires, love is no longer a performance. it’s a risk.And neither of them knows if they’re brave enough to choose it.