Esther Collins knows exactly who ruined her life.Gideon Cross.The billionaire who took her father’s restaurant. The man she blames for everything that followed.So when he offers her a deal, it feels less like a choice and more like a trap.Marry him for eighteen months.Play the perfect wife in public and ask no questions.In return, her father's debts are paid and her mother's hospital needs are secured.Desperation forces her to sign but she hates him deeply.What Esther doesn’t understand is why a man like Gideon would choose her or why he watches her like he’s waiting for something she can’t see.The truth is not as simple as she believes.Some lies were built long before she noticed them, some enemies don’t look like enemies at all and some protections come dressed as control in disguise.Then Esther finds something hidden in the contract, something that was never meant to be discovered.And suddenly, the one thing she swore she would never do becomes the most dangerous thing she can.