He walked away without a word. Eight years later, she's still waiting for the reason. Elena Hart rebuilt her life from nothing without him having sleepless night alone.A bakery. A routine. A heart she keeps locked. Then Damian Cross walks in with a contract, a ring and one impossible request: "Be my wife for six months." She should say no. Every part of her knows he's the man who destroyed her. But he's staring at her like he's been starving for eight years. Now she's sleeping down the hall from the only man she ever loved, pretending it means nothing. Pretending she doesn't hear him say her name in his sleep. Pretending she isn't falling again. And just when she starts to believe him, she finds the truth he buried.