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"Rule #1: Do not look at me with your stupid, beautiful eyes before I have had my espresso."
Dr. Kassia Bellona Elsemere does not do drama. As the Chief Resident of Cardiothoracic Surgery and the unwilling heir to a booming bio-medical empire, her life is a strict regimen of scalpel blades, double-shot espressos, and absolute silence. She has zero time for pop culture, zero patience for nonsense, and absolutely zero interest in love.
Lena Rhiannon Carter. Lena is the nation's glamorous, award-winning "It-Girl" actress and the chaotic heir to a global media conglomerate. She lives for the spotlight, survives on energy drinks, and treats minor daily inconveniences like she's auditioning for a Victorian tragedy.
When a massive, manufactured public relations scandal threatens to destroy Lena's career-and a high-profile merger requires Kassia's family company to look pristine-their calculating grandmothers drop a corporate bombshell: A one-year arranged marriage contract.
It's a flawless tactical alliance on paper. In reality, it's a living nightmare. Kassia thinks Lena is a hyper-dramatic gremlin; Lena thinks Kassia is a grumpy, walking block of ice. They brace themselves for twelve months of fake smiles, staged red-carpet handholding, and aggressive bickering behind closed doors. But as the cameras roll and boundaries blur, a dangerous, real-world shadow begins to stalk Lena from the dark. Suddenly, the fake relationship starts feeling terrifyingly real, and Kassia's clinical precision might be the only thing keeping them alive. Can a cynical doctor cure a chaotic actress of her antics, or will they both succumb to a very permanent case of feelings?