samaya_hassan
Terms of Mutually Assured Destruction
They say keep your friends close and your enemies closer. But what happens when your worst enemy is your fake husband?
Elena Vance is the world's most elite corporate fixer. She erases scandals for the ultra-wealthy with clinical, lethal perfection.
Julian Cross is a rogue investigative journalist who specializes in tearing down the corrupt empires Elena protects.
For five years, they have fought a two-person demolition derby across six continents. She has tried to blow up his car; he has rigged her elevator to drop.
They don't just dislike each other-they are a fundamental clash of titans who genuinely want each other dead.But when an eccentric billionaire dies, he leaves behind a twisted final legacy.
Locked in a mountain vault is a drive containing a career-making scoop for Julian and data that will ruin Elena's firm forever if leaked.
To open it, they must use a dual-biometric firewall that requires both of them. If either goes alone, or if one of them dies, the data purges.
The catch? The vault is hidden beneath a luxury resort, and to maintain cover, they must check in together for a week-long "Marriage Renewal Boot Camp."Forced to wear biometric "Unity Bands" that trigger alarms if they separate or get into a fight, Elena and Julian must survive trust falls and couples' therapy while actively trying not to break each other's fingers.
But as the petty sabotage turns into side-by-side survival against real threats, the adrenaline blurs the line between lethal hostility and terrifying attraction.
Elena realizes Julian is the only person alive she can't control. Julian realizes he has never been more attracted to a woman than the one currently holding a knife to his throat.
Now, they have to decide what's more dangerous: the enemies closing in, or the fact that they might actually survive each other.