**One contract. One year. No love allowed.**Elena has nothing left to lose.Drowning in hospital bills and desperate to save her dying mother, she agrees to the unthinkable — marry a stranger for money.Not just any stranger.Adrian Knight.Cold. Ruthless. Untouchable.A billionaire CEO who treats love like a business deal.He doesn’t want a wife.He needs one.For one year.A simple contract:Live together.Pretend to be in love.Walk away when the time is up.No feelings.No touching.No heartbreak.But the longer they share the same house… the same dinners… the same lonely nights…The more the lines begin to blur.Because behind Adrian’s icy walls is a man who watches her when she isn’t looking.Because behind Elena’s strength is a heart slowly falling for the one man she promised never to love.And when jealous exes, family secrets, and betrayal threaten to tear them apart, Elena realizes something too late—The contract had an end date.Her heart didn’t.When the year is over…Will she walk away with her money?Or fight for the man she was never supposed to love?

Aria Lane built her career on ambition, not luck. When she lands a pitch with Damian Vale, the ruthless billionaire who dominates New York's corporate world, she expects business - not the sizzling chemistry that threatens her composure and her heart Damian offers her a contract that could change her life, but nothing about him is simple. He's powerful, Charming and hunted by a secret that keeps him locked behind walls of ice and control. As Aria steps deeper into his world,the lines between professionalism and passion blur, and every touch feels like a dangerous promise. But love built on secrets can't survive the truth. When Aria discovers a past Damian tried to erase - a betrayal tied to her own family and a hidden heir that could destroy them both - she's forced to never surrender her heart. Now, Damian must choose between protecting his empire or fighting for the only woman capable of saving his soul.