Elena Moreno is done with powerful men. After years of molding herself into the perfect partner for her ex—a hotshot lawyer with ambition and secrets—she’s left the high-rise world of legal egos for her small bakery near the bay. She’s finally finding peace.Until a blind date arranged by her meddling mother throws her right back into that world.Adrian Welles isn’t just any man—he’s the one Elena’s ex used to idolize. Ruthlessly brilliant, emotionally remote, and terrifying in a courtroom, Adrian built his firm on power and precision. He doesn’t date. He doesn’t trust. And he definitely doesn’t show up to matchmaking dinners… except tonight, where he finds himself face to face with a woman who isn’t intimidated by him—and who knows far more than she should.To get their respective families off their backs, they strike a deal: pretend to date. One month. No strings. No questions.But when a scandal erupts inside Adrian’s firm—one involving Elena’s ex and a trail of buried evidence—fake feelings become real danger. The more they pretend, the more the truth unravels: about the case, about the people they used to be, and about the one thing neither of them wanted again.Love.

One impulsive night. One unforgettable mistake. And a ring that will change everything…When Ava Morgan’s life unravels—her career in ruins, her confidence shattered—she does the unthinkable: a one-night stand with a stranger whose name she can’t remember. The only clue? A gold ring left behind on her nightstand.Two years later, Ava lands a job as a personal assistant to the city’s most formidable CEO, the cold and enigmatic Julian Blackwell. They clash instantly—his scowl sharp as his tailored suits, her warmth a stubborn flame he can’t extinguish. But when Julian meets Ava’s young son, a boy with his own eyes, his carefully built world shatters.Now, Ava and Julian must navigate co-parenting a child born from a night neither can forget, while resisting a slow-burning attraction that threatens to consume them both. As secrets unravel and their hearts tangle, they’re forced to confront a terrifying question:Can love grow from a past built on mistakes and forgotten memories?Or will the ring that binds them tear them?