She married him to survive.He married her for a reason she doesn’t know.Lina Carter thought a contract marriage would solve her problems—pay off her debts and give her a fresh start. But Adrian Wolfe is not the kind of man anyone can understand. Cold, powerful, and dangerously controlling, he sets rules she cannot break.But the biggest rule?Never fall in love.As Lina struggles to live beside a man who treats love like weakness, she begins to uncover the truth—Adrian didn’t choose her by accident. He knows her past. He knows her secrets.And he might be the reason her life fell apart in the first place.What starts as a cold agreement soon turns into a dangerous game of obsession, betrayal, and unexpected love.

Six years ago, Lena Carter exposed a scandal that destroyed a man’s reputation.Now, she works for him.Adrian Voss is no longer the man she once knew—he’s colder, richer, and determined to make her pay for the past. When he offers to save her failing company, the price is simple:Work under him.Close to him.Under his control.But as forced proximity turns into something neither of them expected, buried truths begin to surface. The past she believed in starts to unravel… and the line between revenge and desire begins to blur.Because the more Adrian tries to break her—The more he starts to want her.And the truth?It might destroy them both.