For five years, Lyra Harrison lived in the shadows.Every song that made Chloe Bennett a global superstar was written by Lyra.Every breathtaking high note praised by millions belonged to Lyra.Every sold-out concert, every award, every standing ovationAll built on Lyra’s stolen voice.Hidden behind backstage curtains and trapped under a ruthless NDA, Lyra sacrificed her identity for the man she loved, believing their upcoming marriage would finally give her a place beside him.Instead, on the night before their wedding, she discovers the horrifying truth.Her fiancé never loved her.He loved the fame, the money… and Chloe.Humiliated, abandoned, and discarded like she was nothing, Lyra walks into a courthouse ready to cut ties with her old life forever.But fate has other plans.Killian Vance:the cold, feared CEO of the Vance Group has just been left at the altar by his runaway arranged bride. With his billion dollar empire hanging by a thread, he offers Lyra a shocking deal:A one-year contract marriage.No love.No interference.No questions asked.In exchange, he promises her one thing she has never had before:Protection.Now trapped in a fake marriage with the most dangerous man in the country, Lyra decides she’s done hiding.This time, the world will hear her real voice.And when the truth finally comes out…Everyone who betrayed her will regret it.

Dom never planned on falling in love.He just wanted to survive university—his Literature classes, late mornings in his dorm, walking to school with Ethan, and keeping his head down. Being openly gay was already enough attention. He didn’t need more.Then there was Dominic.Hockey captain. Loud laugh. Soft eyes. The kind of boy the whole campus watches without trying. The kind of boy who asks Dom—casually, like it means nothing—to come to his matches. The kind of boy who throws away chocolates and flowers without looking back, while one girl insists she’s his girlfriend and scares everyone else away.They’ve been inseparable since first year. Since 100 level. Since the promise—no relationships until university is over.Dom remembers it like it was yesterday.Now, between hockey fights, whispered insults, late-night clubs he doesn’t belong in, and a boy who keeps stepping in front of him when the world gets cruel, Dom is stuck with a feeling he never asked for.Because Dominic doesn’t just protect him.He looks at him like he matters.And Dom doesn’t know what scares him more—the bullying,the silence,or the possibility that Dominic might feel the same.