The Absence of choices
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An arranged marriage. A ruthless billionaire. A girl who just wanted to be seen.
Ashley Kane always did what she was told. Quiet. Polite. Perfect daughter of a powerful New York family. But when she's forced into an engagement with Damian Anderson the city's coldest billionaire and most untouchable man her carefully controlled world starts to crack.
He doesn't want a wife.
She doesn't want a cage.
But fate doesn't care what either of them want.
Behind the designer gowns and champagne galas are secrets, jealous exes, and emotions they're both pretending not to feel. He's ice. She's drowning. And the only thing more dangerous than being forced together... is starting to fall for real.
🍷 Soft glances in cold rooms. And a girl who might be stronger than anyone expected.
If you love slow burns, emotional angst, and a love story wrapped in silk and steel-this one's for you.
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