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Beatrice is twenty years old, with a brilliant future in International Law and a secret that suffocates her: her mother's oxygen costs thirty thousand dollars a month. When her family's resources run dry, salvation appears in the form of a devilish pact. The price? Her freedom. The buyer? Sebastian Marrone, the patriarch of the most dangerous family in the country.
The contract is simple: Beatrice must marry Roman Marrone, the twenty-nine-year-old untameable heir whose name is synonymous with scandal, addiction, and debauchery. To the world, Beatrice will be the virtuous wife who brings him back to sanity. To Roman, she is merely a mercenary who sold her soul for a hospital bill.
But what Roman doesn't know is that Beatrice is not the defenseless "little saint" he intends to break. She carries the vivid memory of a traumatic encounter ten years ago, when she saw the true face of the Marrone heir-and she learned not to fear monsters, but to study them.
Between the cold walls of a mansion where separate rooms are the rule and contempt is the only language spoken, a power game begins. Roman vows to ignore her while frequenting the underworld; Beatrice celebrates the distance, focused on saving her mother and surviving the empire.
However, when the "trophy wife" reveals she has claws of steel and a mind sharper than any blade, Roman realizes his greatest mistake was believing he could control the woman he bought.
In a world where loyalty is paid in blood and love is a deadly weakness, who will fall first: the man who has nothing to lose, or the woman who is willing to sacrifice everything?