Architectural restoration specialist Liora Hale accepts a one-year contract marriage with billionaire philanthropist Caelan Ashford to pay for her mother's medical treatment. At first, their marriage is nothing more than an agreement. But living under the same roof slowly changes everything. As Liora begins restoring the Ashford family's ancient estates, she discovers impossible inconsistencies hidden throughout history. Portraits that shouldn't exist. Records that mysteriously disappear. Family traditions no one dares explain. At the same time, she finds herself falling for the quiet man who always protects her but refuses to let her get too close. Caelan wants to love her freely. Instead, he keeps pushing her away with one haunting sentence: "You're not ready." As forbidden love collides with buried history, Liora must decide whether some secrets are worth uncovering... especially when the truth could destroy the man she has come to love 💗

One reckless night. One unexpected pregnancy. One reunion neither of them saw coming. Lilith Hart never expected to see the stranger from the underground club again. Their chemistry was explosive, their attraction undeniable, and by sunrise they had become nothing more than a memory. Weeks later, Two pink lines change everything. Determined to end the pregnancy and bury that night forever, Lilith walks into a hospital—only to find the doctor waiting for her is the very man she tried to forget. Sean Ashford is one of the city's most celebrated trauma surgeons, heir to a powerful medical empire, and a man living a dangerous double life. The moment he realises Lilith is carrying his child, he refuses to let her disappear again.