Amelia Carter’s life changes overnight when her father’s company falls into serious debt. With creditors closing in and her family about to lose everything, Amelia is desperate to find a way to save them.Then Adrian Black, a powerful and extremely wealthy billionaire, offers her an unexpected solution: marry him for one year.The arrangement seems simple. Adrian needs a wife to protect his reputation and satisfy the demands of his powerful family, while Amelia needs his money to save her father’s company. They agree to a strict contract with one important rule—neither of them can fall in love.Amelia enters the marriage believing she can keep her emotions under control. But living under the same roof with the cold and mysterious Adrian proves much harder than she expected. Beneath his arrogant attitude, she discovers a wounded man hiding secrets of his own.As their fake marriage begins to feel dangerously real, Amelia starts questioning Adrian’s true intentions. Just when she believes they may have found something genuine, a dark family secret threatens to destroy everything between them.Their contract has an expiration date, but their hearts never agreed to the rules.Will Amelia walk away when the year is over, or will she risk everything for the billionaire she was never supposed to love?