He needed a wife. She needed money. Neither expected the Moon Goddess to interfere.Nadia Cole has spent six years helping people escape disastrous marriages.As one of the city's most formidable supernatural divorce lawyers, she knows that love is unpredictable, promises are unreliable, and the only thing more dangerous than a powerful man is a powerful man who believes he owns you.So when Roman Veyne walks into her office and offers her five million dollars to become his wife for six months, Nadia laughs in his face.Roman is the ruthless Alpha of the Blackthorn Pack and the billionaire CEO of Veyne Global. With his family's empire threatened by a hostile takeover and his position challenged by an increasingly rebellious council, he needs a wife who can help him maintain the appearance of stability.Nadia is perfect.She's intelligent, discreet, and completely uninterested in werewolf politics.More importantly, she's human.Humans cannot be fated mates.That's what every werewolf has believed for centuries.Nadia eventually accepts the offer, but not before doubling the payment and adding three conditions: separate bedrooms, complete personal independence, and an immediate termination clause if Roman ever claims ownership over her.Roman signs.The arrangement should be simple.Six months of public appearances, corporate dinners, carefully staged affection, and a marriage certificate that will eventually be replaced by divorce papers.But Roman's wolf has other plans.The moment Nadia steps into his home, Ares recognizes her as his mate. Roman dismisses the possibility, determined to keep his instincts from interfering with their arrangement.Then Nadia's scent begins to change.Her presence calms Roman's increasingly unstable wolf. Ancient pack symbols react to her touch. And a sealed chamber beneath the Veyne estate begins to open.As their pretend marriage becomes tangled in genuine attraction, Nadia discovers that her mother's death may be connected to the oldest secret in werewolf history.Someone has been waiting for her to return.Someone who knows what she is.And someone who will destroy Roman's entire empire to ensure Nadia never discovers the truth.Roman entered the arrangement believing he could control every variable.He never considered the possibility that his contractual wife might be the one person capable of bringing him to his knees.Because Nadia Cole was never supposed to be his Luna.She was supposed to be his extinction

The story is set in a high-stakes competitive environment of a big corporate firm in which two rival Vivian and Julian have spent years battling it out for the same position, Vivian and Julian are rivalry contenders for the Senior Vice President job and both imagine it would be them who will occupy it. Then a huge curveball: because of a high-stakes merger in the offing with a group of traditionalist investors, the board decides that a married manager must fill the position in order to communicate stability and a long-term outlook. The promotion is delayed, and the job goes to the first of the two rivals to bring in a marriage license. Not willing to give the office to one another, Vivian and Julian strike a cynical, deeply strategic bargain, a three-month pretentious marriage bound by an ironclad prenuptial agreement, no intimacy under the roof, and an official divorce after three months. As they play out their obligatory public engagements, tense corporate meetings, and tiny space within their ridiculous scheme, the line between their mutual hate and undeniable chemistry becomes increasingly blurry. The Main Characters Female lead: Vivian Bright, aggressive, detail-oriented, and highly competitive. Having worked egregiously long hours and simplified complex supply chains for years to reach the top, she is perfectly comfortable being at the apex. Her overwhelming drive to be in control and total inability to accept failure. She believes in logic and meritocracy, therefore the Board's old fashioned husband rule is an in insult to her career that is long standing.She considers Julian a thorn in her side a competitive peer equal in capability who works her with equal zeal, but in a devilish way. Male Lead: Julian Vance Observant, obsessive and self confident. Confident to the point of having his own personal armor of such, he has the mind and professionalism that rivals Vivian's own. His arrogance covers a stubborn heart that will never admit defeat when facing someone as brilliant as Vivian. He plays their rivalry out as a game of high-stakes chess with a perverse delight in pissing Vivian off as he watches her chase her impossible dream.