Three years ago, the Vale family was destroyed by a corporate scandal that ruined countless lives, left alone with a disgraced name and crushing debts.Elara Vale has spent years trying to live quietly and stay out of the public eye, but her past refuses to stay buried.When a mysterious photo suddenly appears online, accusing her of breaking into Blackwood Holdings, the media storm drags her name back into the spotlight. The man behind the empire, a cold and powerful billionaire Xavier Blackwood, summons her.Xavier has waited ten years for revenge against the Vale family, and now he has found the perfect way to get it.His offer is simple; a one-year contract marriage.To the world, Elara will become the wife of the most powerful man in the city, but behind closed doors, she will be the woman he plans to destroy, because in Xavier Blackwood’s world, love is just another weapon.