She spent one reckless night with a stranger. Unfortunately, the stranger turned out to be the billionaire she was about to investigate for murder.Ella Whitmore has rules.Never mix business with pleasure. Never trust rich men with expensive watches and suspiciously perfect smiles. And definitely never spend the night with a stranger.She breaks all three in one evening.By morning, Ella is determined to forget the ridiculously attractive man who left her wondering whether one-night stands are actually worth the trouble.Then she walks into a murder investigation and finds him sitting across from her.Elias Park. Billionaire. Suspect. Her unforgettable stranger."Are you always this difficult?" he asks."Only with murder suspects."Their problem gets worse when hotel records expose their secret night together-and someone leaks photographs of them to the press.Ella is removed from Elias's case.Elias needs her.Ella needs a husband.So she makes him an offer neither of them should accept.Six months. One fake marriage. One murder to solve.She'll help prove he's innocent. He'll pretend to be the husband her family desperately wants.Simple.Except investigating a murder together means getting dangerously close. Pretending to be married means convincing everyone-including themselves. And every time Elias looks at her like that, Ella starts questioning whether their chemistry is part of the investigation... or evidence of something much more dangerous.

She was never supposed to be the bride. Now she’s wearing the dress, saying the vows, and walking into a cage. Chloe Adams became the substitute bride to pay a debt she didn’t create. Three years ago, her best friend Rose disappeared. Now Chloe is being forced to marry Liam Reigns billionaire heir, cold, and the man who blames her for it. The contract is brutal: live in the Reigns Mansion, be a stay-home wife, stay silent, stay unseen. No career. No freedom. No calling him husband in public. Liam doesn’t want a wife. He wants answers. And payment. But behind the black suits, the empty church, and the brand of a kiss, there are secrets. About Rose. About an orphanage. About a file that could destroy empires. As Chloe fights to survive under one roof with a man who hates her, old ghosts return. Because Rose is alive. And she’s been drawing everything from the inside of North Ridge Estate. Chloe thought she was the substitute. She didn’t know she was the only one who could uncover the truth.