The Egregious Effect.

Jade Dima has spent her entire life feeling like an outsider.

Discovered as the long-lost daughter of one of Nigeria's most powerful families, she gained a surname, wealth, and a place in a world she never truly belonged to. While everyone else saw a fairy tale, Jade knew the truth. In the Dima family, love was conditional, loyalty was political, and every relationship came with a price.

When a scandal threatens to destroy a century-old alliance between two billionaire dynasties, Jade makes a decision that changes her life forever.

One minute she is a wedding guest.

The next, she is the bride.

Married to the notoriously private Robert George, heir to one of the largest business empires in the world, Jade finds herself trapped in an arrangement neither of them chose. Their union saves both families from public humiliation, but it also drags them into a ruthless game of inheritance, expectations, and family obligations that stretches far beyond either of them.

Robert is everything Jade dislikes. Cold, distant, calculating, and married to his work.

Jade is everything Robert never expected. Loud when she wants to be, stubborn when challenged, and far less willing to obey than either family anticipated.

With powerful relatives watching their every move, old betrayals resurfacing, and the future of two dynasties resting on their shoulders, Jade and Robert must learn how to navigate a marriage built on duty rather than affection.

But the more time they spend together, the more dangerous their arrangement becomes.

Because somewhere between family expectations, public appearances, and private battles, they begin to forget one important thing.

This marriage was never supposed to become real.