I begged Thiago Damon to save my brother's life. He handed me a wedding ring instead. World-renowned CEO. Cold enough to freeze a boardroom with a single glance. And somehow, impossibly, about to be my husband. My hands were still shaking when he tilted my chin up, forcing me to meet his eyes. "You came here to beg," he said, voice low, almost amused. "Now you'll stay to be owned. One year as my wife, and I'll save your brother's life myself. Sign it, or watch him die knowing you had a choice.” I signed with a hand that wouldn't stop trembling. I told myself it meant nothing. I was wrong. When Tessy Moretti's brother is hours from losing the transplant that will save his life, she has nowhere left to turn until billionaire Thiago Damon offers her a devil's bargain: marry him for one year, help him win a custody battle for the orphaned niece he'd die for, and never ask what's really buried inside his family's past. She thinks she knows the terms. She has no idea that her own father's name is written into the darkest secret Thiago's family has ever hidden. She married a stranger to save one life. Can she survive falling in love with the one man whose family already destroyed hers before the truth destroys them both?