CROWNED BY HIMUpdated at Jun 28, 2026, 02:21
Damien Ashford has spent his life building an empire no one dares challenge. As the ruthless CEO of Ashford Global, he believes emotions are liabilities and love is a weakness that destroys powerful men.Then his grandfather's final will shatters everything.To inherit full control of Ashford Global, Damien must marry within ninety days. But there is one impossible condition: his bride must be a woman strong enough to stand against him.There is only one name that fits.Aria Bennett.The brilliant, self-made billionaire whose company has spent years defeating Ashford Global in high-stakes corporate battles.Aria has no intention of marrying the man she considers arrogant, controlling, and dangerously calculating. But when a mysterious investment giant launches a ruthless takeover of Bennett Dynamics while an unseen enemy begins dismantling Ashford Global from within, their rivalry becomes the least of their problems.Forced into an uneasy alliance, Damien and Aria must navigate boardroom wars, family betrayals, media scandals, assassination attempts, and secrets buried deep within the Ashford legacy. As fake promises blur into genuine feelings, they discover that the greatest threat isn't losing their companies—it is losing each other.But someone has been orchestrating their downfall from the very beginning.And when the final betrayal convinces each of them that the other has lied, the love they never intended to find may become the weapon that destroys them both.In a world where billion-dollar empires rise and fall overnight, only one question remains:Can two sworn enemies build a future together before everything they love is taken away?