My father gambled away $2.3 million. My mother is dying. And the only man who can save her is the one who taught me chess when I was 8.Alex Kade. 45. Billionaire. Cold as the marble in his penthouse. My father’s bestfriend. My childhood nightmare.He offered me a deal: 1 year. His name. His rules. In exchange: My mother lives.I thought it would be easy. I was wrong.Rule #1: Don’t fall for him. Rule #2: Don’t make him jealous. Rule #3: Stay away from his sister.But Vanessa hates me. And Alex… Alex looks at me like I’m something he wants to own, break, and keep.One year. One contract. No escape. The price of my father’s debt… is me.Tropes: Billionaire, Age Gap, Daddy’s Bestfriend, Contract Marriage, Possessive, Dark Romance, Love Triangle, Forced Marriage

She’s was his “barren, useless” wife for 3 years. He divorced her publicly and called her nothing. One year later, Dr. Amara Okoye returns - the youngest neurosurgeon in Lagos. Now Damian Blackstone, the billionaire CEO who destroyed her, is dying. Glioblastoma. Inoperable... except by her. He’s the patient. She holds the scalpel. Revenge is sweet. But the heart remembers. And his MRI just revealed a secret that changes everything.