She thought he was just another cold billionaire. He thought she was just a convenient distraction. Neither of them expected to fall in love—especially when nothing about her was real. After escaping a painful past, Nova Lane just wants peace—a quiet life working at a vintage art café in Montreal and time to sketch the memories she can’t quite explain. But when a scandal forces the enigmatic billionaire Cassian Wolfe to find a fake girlfriend fast, Nova becomes his perfect solution. Except Nova is no ordinary woman. Buried beneath her skin is a secret project—one that could change the world… or destroy it. Cassian never intended to feel anything. But Nova pulls him in with her softness, her fire, and the haunting sadness in her eyes. As their fake relationship blurs into something dangerously real, enemies from Cassian’s past—and Nova’s forgotten life—resurface with a vengeance. Lies will unravel. Truths will shatter. And love? Love might just be the deadliest code of all.