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At just twenty-six, Sasuke Uchiha is one of New York City's youngest and most highly respected police lieutenants He is assigned to lead a classified task force investigating a disturbing string of disappearances involving women and children across the city. As the case grows darker and more personal, threats begin to surface-threats that put not only his career, but his family, directly in harm's way. To maintain cover and protect those closest to him, Sasuke is ordered into an unorthodox solution: a carefully constructed fake marriage meant to sell the illusion of stability while he hunts a dangerous criminal.
Sakura Haruno, twenty-four, is a brilliant and driven pediatric nurse completing her formal education in child care, balancing long hospital shifts, A natural leader with a compassionate edge, she has built a respected name for herself in emergency medicine, following the legacy of her mother and aunt. Her carefully rebuilt life is thrown into havoc when she is recruited to provide tactical medical support for an undercover operation tied to the same abduction case, an operation that places her face-to-face with the one man she never truly let go of.
The mission takes an even more complicated turn when Sakura is asked to pose as Sasuke's wife, reinforcing his cover from both the public and the criminals watching him closely. What begins as a professional obligation quickly becomes deeply personal, especially when their four-year-old daughter becomes an unspoken factor in every decision they make. Forced to live under the same roof, confront unresolved wounds, and pretend to be the family they once dreamed of, Sasuke and Sakura must decide how far they're willing to go-not just to solve the case, but to protect their child and redefine what family truly means.