To inherit his family's billion-dollar empire, cold-hearted CEO Damien Blackthorne must marry within six months — or lose everything to his scheming relatives. Desperate, he offers a strict one-year contract to his overlooked, sharp-tongued assistant Evelyn White, pretend to be his loving fiancée in public, no real feelings allowed, and walk away richer than she ever dreamed.Evelyn needs the money to save her family's failing business and her sick mother. She signs, expecting a cold business deal. But living in his luxurious penthouse, attending high-society galas on his arm, and faking intimate moments slowly cracks Damien's icy walls. Her defiance and hidden strength awaken something dangerous in him, obsessive possessiveness he can't control.As fake kisses turn real and jealousy ignites, Evelyn realizes the ruthless tycoon is falling hard. But when the contract ends and family secrets threaten to tear them apart, will Damien break every rule to make their fake engagement forever… or will his pride cost him the only woman who ever made him feel alive?