Elena Vale owes her uncle everything, he raised her after she lost her parents, built her career, gave her a life. So when he asks her to repay that debt by becoming Adrian Blackwood's fiancee, she doesn't refuse. Adrian is cold, powerful, and next in line to run one of the wealthiest families in the country. He needs a respectable fiancee for the cameras. Elena is supposed to be temporary, a transaction, nothing more. His family never lets her forget it, and her uncle never stops asking for more. Then Adrian's promotion should end their arrangement. Instead, his family demands a wedding first. Elena walks down the aisle telling herself it's one last performance. But on her wedding night, she realizes she's spent her whole life living for other people and she won't do it anymore. So before Adrian can start the marriage he never wanted, Elena disappears. She leaves the dress, the family, and the man she loved behind, and starts over in a small coastal town in Maine unaware of what's waiting for her there. But Adrian is about to learn that losing Elena is nothing like ending a business deal. Because the woman he thought would always wait for him has finally stopped waiting.