*Prologue*At 21, Eliana Brown’s name was signed on a contract she never read.She was supposed to have years before duty called. College, freedom, a life of her own. But when her older sister vanished the night before a billion-dollar merger wedding, the family’s future collapsed overnight.The contract was clear: a Brown daughter must marry Damien Vance, heir to the Vance empire. No substitutions. No delays. No escape clauses.Now it’s Eliana in the white dress, walking down an aisle lined with strangers and cameras. Her husband-to-be waits at the altar - a man with a face cut from stone, eyes colder than the diamond on her finger, and a reputation whispered about in boardrooms and back alleys.One night. One vow. One empire hanging in the balance.Damien needs a wife before midnight to claim his inheritance and save his company from hostile takeover. Eliana needs to survive the wedding night long enough to find out