Emma-Brown
"She was looking for a miracle. He was only looking for the perfect moment to watch her fall."
Mia Carter had it all: a prestigious last name, a promising medical career ahead of her, and the warmth of a perfect family. But in a single night, her world turned crimson. Her parents fled following a scandal of embezzlement and money laundering, leaving her on the street with one sole priority: Leo, her six-year-old brother, whose life depends on an expensive heart surgery that Mia cannot afford.
Desperate and with no way out, Mia decides to step into the lion's den. She seeks out the man who swore to erase the Carter name from the face of the earth: Liam Black.
Liam is cold, powerful, and ruthless. For ten years, he fed his hatred with the memory of an accident under the rain, a red-haired girl with a stuffed rabbit, and an abandonment that left him orphaned. Now, that girl is a woman begging for his help, and Liam has the perfect contract for his revenge.
The clauses are clear:
One year of marriage under his roof.
Absolute obedience before the world.
Kneeling before the man who despises her.
Liam believes he is in control. He believes one year will be enough to break her, to collect the blood debt her father left unpaid. But he didn't count on Mia's defiant gaze and her devotion to saving Leo starting to crack the wall of ice surrounding his heart.
In this power game, the line between hatred and obsession is dangerously thin. Will Liam be able to destroy her without destroying himself in the process?
Vengeance, sacrifice, and a passion that burns hotter than resentment