For Grace Charlotte Clarke, physical contact is a curse. With just a single touch, she is forced to witness the dark traumas of others’ pasts. This curse weighs even heavier on her already shattered life—having fallen from being the heiress of a conglomerate to a poor college student constantly tormented by her manipulative ex-boyfriend, Dave, and her new girlfriend, Emma.For the sake of a necklace left by her mother, Grace recklessly meets Dave at a nightclub, unaware that he has set a deadly trap involving a glass of a poisoned aphrodisiac. Just as Grace is on the verge of being crushed by helplessness, Carlos Sterling—the head of the Sterling Group—arrives to stop the vile plan and pulls Grace to safety.However, that rescue came at an unexpected price. Under the haze of irresistible passion, the line between savior and predator blurred during that one scorching night. Feeling Grace’s purity for the first time, Carlos’s dominant and possessive side was jolted awake. The CEO refused to let her go, binding Grace to an absolute declaration: marriage.One thing remained a mystery… why didn’t Grace’s curse work on him at all?“Oh my God! Why are you walking around without a shirt?!” Grace screamed in panic. She hurriedly covered her eyes with her palms, her face flushing as red as a ripe tomato.Carlos strolled casually toward the closet in the corner of the room. “You saw and touched everything last night—why are you acting so shy now?” he retorted pointedly.Behind Carlos Sterling’s dominance, a dark truth awaits discovery. What if this marriage is actually built on a web of lies? As secrets from the past are revealed and reality begins to hurt them both, will they be able to survive—or will they destroy each other?