"If you fail, you pack your bags, come home, and marry the billionaire heir I choose." Exiled to a disintegrating West Coast branch of her family’s global empire, heiress Sarah Miller faces a brutal ultimatum from her ruthless grandfather: drag the bleeding Seattle office out of the red in six months, or become a trophy wife in a forced alliance. Sarah would rather burn the company down with her bare hands than surrender her freedom. But she never expected to find Ethan Cross ruling the sub-basement. Five years ago, Ethan was the brilliant, untouchable scholarship kid who stole Sarah's heart, kissed her on the eve of graduation, and ghosted her. Now, he’s a lethal, arrogant tech genius serving as the temporary CEO—hiding dangerous secrets after being blacklisted by the very family Sarah is supposed to marry into. When a malicious corporate trap destroys their data and threats of a federal indictment close in, Sarah and Ethan are forced into a tight game of survival. The corporate masks are slipping, unresolved passion is burning hotter than a warehouse fire, and enemies are closer than they think. Standing in the fire together is their only way out. But when the smoke clears, will they be partners... or targets?