Ozbert Fitzwilliams — the young heir to one of the country’s largest multi-billion dollar corporations — was a man known for many things: wealth, influence, ruthless intelligence, and a face the media could never stop obsessing over. Cold, untouchable, arrogant… dangerous in the way powerful men often were. On the night that was supposed to secure his future, a single reckless mistake shattered everything. Instead of celebration and congratulations, Ozbert was handed an ultimatum that left him furious and humiliated: he would only gain access to his inheritance if he got married before his grandfather’s eighty-fifth birthday. Marriage. Not a business deal. Not a contract. Not another achievement to conquer. A wife. Blinded by anger and disbelief, Ozbert stormed out into the night and headed for the nearest bar, determined to drown the frustration clawing at his chest. That same night, Esmée Aubin was trying not to fall apart. A former university student forced to drop out due to crushing expenses, Esmée spent every waking moment struggling to care for her grandfather, whose worsening lupus treatments drained whatever little money they had left. Between hospital visits, sleepless nights, and endless bills, she kept arriving late to work. And employers had stopped caring about excuses. When she lost her third job in four months, something inside her cracked. She needed money. Desperately. Enough to survive. Enough to keep her grandfather alive. So when fate placed a drunken billionaire in her path that night, Esmée made the most reckless decision of her life. A decision she would regret. A decision she would cherish. Because by the end of that night, the unemployed girl with nothing to her name received an offer capable of changing her entire future: Become the wife of one of the country’s most desired bachelors.