After her dream with Eddie Scaforth fell apart, Nicole stopped believing in words like always and forever. Love had made promises. Love had lied. And all she wanted now was simple: her own life, her own rules.Then came Clyde Ciaran.Powerful. Reserved. A man with status and walls built so high no one dared climb them. Their marriage was never supposed to be real — just an accidental contract, a mistake neither of them saw coming. But somewhere between forced moments and guarded conversations, Clyde began to see Nicole in a way no one ever had. Not the woman trying to survive. Not the woman pretending she was okay. And he fell harder than he ever planned to.But love doesn't arrive untouched.Nicole's past still bleeds in places she tries to hide, and when old wounds and buried truths begin tearing through what they built, Clyde must decide whether love is only easy when everything is beautiful... or if it's strong enough to stay when things become ugly.And then comes the question that could destroy everything:What happens when Nicole uncovers the secrets Clyde Ciaran buried in his own past?Because forever sounds beautiful... until the people promising it have things they're terrified to confess.

"You’re my wife," he insisted, his words tinged with a sense of ownership that made me shudder. “You signed the contract, remember? It’s binding.” I tried to protest, but every denial was met with the same adamant response: “You’re my wife now." *** After a wild graduation party, Brielle's intoxicated state leads her into trouble and she is rescued by a mysterious man. In her inebriated state, the man confuses her by that she is his fiancée. The next morning, Brielle awakens to the shocking revelation that she is about to get married to the same man who rescued her, billionaire CEO, Andrei Carter, whose life has been tainted and scarred by a tragic past. Out of empathy for his situation, Brielle agrees to marry Andrei and soon discovers a love and devotion that she never imagined possible.