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The Sandcastle Contract
Two Empires. One Arranged Marriage. A Billion-Dollar Lie.
Layla Al-Fayed is a genius coder who trusts numbers more than people. Eshan Khan is the "Ice King" of the corporate world, a man who views emotions as a liability. They have spent twenty years as rivals, but when a mysterious shadow organization threatens to dismantle their legacies, they are forced into the one thing they both vowed never to do: Say "I do."
But their marriage isn't a fairy tale, it's a tactical alliance. As they navigate a world of high-speed chases, boardroom betrayals, and the ghost of a tragic secret from their childhood known as "The 14th," the line between fake love and real danger begins to blur.
In a world where everyone has a price, can you really trust the person sleeping on the other side of the war zone?
When the tide finally comes in, will their empire stand, or was it always just a castle made of sand?