At ten, Ariana Benson stopped being a child and became her sister’s mother. After losing their parents too soon, Ariana sacrifices her education, dreams, and happiness to raise her younger sister, Ava Benson. Working endless jobs and drowning in debt, she is willing to do anything to keep a roof over their heads. Even if it means begging the city’s most feared billionaire for help. Ethan Blackwood is cold, ruthless, and untouchable. After losing his father at a young age and his beloved younger brother, Michael Blackwood, years later, Ethan built walls around his heart and an empire around his pain. To him, love is weakness. Emotions are liabilities. Relationships are contracts. So when Ariana walks into his office desperate for a job, he offers her a marriage contract instead. One year. One fake marriage. Ten million dollars. The rules are simple: No love. No questions. No touching his heart. But beneath Ethan’s icy exterior lies a broken man haunted by guilt and Ariana’s warmth slowly begins to melt the darkness inside him. Just when love starts to bloom, the return of Ethan’s manipulative ex, Charlotte Scott, and the shocking truth behind Michael’s death threaten to destroy everything. And when guilt drives Ethan to the edge, Ariana may have to choose between saving the man she loves or losing him forever.