He offered her $10 million to become his wife. She never asked what it would cost.The night Vivienne Hart caught her fiancé in bed with her stepsister, her perfect life shattered. Humiliated, betrayed, and blamed by the family she trusted, she walked out with nothing but the clothes on her back — and a stranger's business card in her hand.His name was Damien Cross.He was handsome, powerful, obscenely wealthy, and feared by everyone who knew his name. His proposal was simple: marry him for one year, and he would give her $10 million and the power to make everyone who hurt her regret it.Desperate for a second chance, Vivienne said yes.But being Mrs. Damien Cross comes with dangerous complications. Her new husband is possessive, unpredictable, and fiercely protective of what he considers his. He can be tender one moment and terrifying the next. And despite their agreement to keep the marriage strictly business, the attraction between them becomes impossible to ignore.Just as Vivienne begins falling for the man who gave her a second chance, she discovers that Damien's interest in her was never a coincidence.Their families share a dark history. Her father's disappearance may be connected to Damien's past, and someone has spent years making sure the truth stays buried. Then Vivienne discovers a photograph of her missing father beside her husband — with four chilling words written in Damien's own handwriting:"I should have killed him."Was Damien the man who saved her — or the man who destroyed her family?And if his love is real, why does it feel like she has married her greatest enemy?In a marriage built on secrets, falling in love may be the most dangerous mistake of all.