Elena Vance has spent her entire life building Vance Dynamic Logistics into a multi-billion-dollar empire. She is ruthless, precise, and completely untamed by traditional expectations. But when her formidable grandmother threatens to revoke her voting shares unless she gets married within thirty days, Elena faces the one problem her money cannot solve.Enter Julian Thorne,the brilliant, composed head of product development at Helios Networks. Julian doesn't need Elena's money, but his company desperately needs her capital for a breakthrough green-transit project.The deal is simple: a one-year quiet contract marriage, zero emotional attachment, a $50 million credit line, and three public appearances to satisfy the Vance matriarch.But when a secret corporate saboteur begins targeting Vance Dynamic from the inside, the fake alliance becomes a dangerous battle for survival. As the line between business and passion blurs, Elena must answer the scariest question of her life, Is she protecting her heart from an enemy, or from the husband she promised never to love?