He needed a fiancée. She needed a miracle. A deal was made-strictly business, no emotions allowed. But as Taylor Knox steps into Nico Alaric's world of power, secrets, and unspoken rules, pretending becomes dangerous. The lines blur between duty and desire, and every look, every accidental touch, threatens to ruin them both. He's cold, commanding, impossible to read. She's stubborn, curious, and slowly peeling back every layer he swore he'd keep hidden. "I can't pretend anymore," he told her once, voice rough and eyes unreadable. "You've crawled under my skin, and I can't shake you off." she realizes the lie they built together might just be the most real thing either of them has ever had. In a love signed on paper but sealed in fire, who breaks first-the man uncapable to feel, or the woman who made him do it anyway?