Desperate to escape her stepbrother’s control, Layla signs a contract marriage with a reclusive billionaire, Aidan Cross, who shockingly claims he has only six months to live.The terms: Live with him, Keep his secret, Inherit everything when he dies. But as Layla falls deeper into Aidan’s dark world, secrets begin to unravel and she realizes the man she married is not dying... he’s hiding. And someone wants him dead.Including maybe... her.Aidan’s darkest secret isn’t that he’s dying, it’s something far more personal. Something about her. And when the truth comes out, it tears apart everything Layla believed. Now she’s faced with an impossible choice: expose the man who lied to her, or stand by the one person who might be their only chance at survival.She thought marriage to him would set her free. Now, her freedom depends on keeping him alive.