"I need a wife. You need money. Let’s help each other."Layla Monroe is desperate. Her brother’s medical bills have drained her savings, and she’s about to lose everything. When her cold, aloof billionaire boss, Damien Blackwood, offers her a deal she can’t refuse—one year of marriage, five million dollars—she agrees without hesitation.But what starts as a business transaction soon becomes a battle of wills. Damien is closed off, distant, and impossible to read, his icy demeanor hiding more than just an arrogant attitude.What Layla doesn’t know is that Damien’s heart is locked away for a reason. Betrayed by love in the past, he now keeps everyone at arm’s length—and has a secret medical condition that could take his life sooner than anyone expects.As the lines between fake and real blur, Layla starts to see a side of Damien that he’s fought to bury. But when the truth of his past and his health finally comes to light, can their fragile relationship survive, or will the truth destroy them both?