Luke's life runs on precision: impeccable grades, a flawless portfolio, and a clear path to the internship of his dreams. The only glitch? A campus gossip blog that keeps linking him to Mick Ton-the charming, chaotic heir to a business empire-after a series of spectacularly awkward public encounters.
Mick is desperate. The rumors are fueling his mother's campaign to marry him off for business reasons. He needs a diversion, and Luke, with his icy reputation, is the perfect solution.
Their deal is simple, secret, and strictly business: fake a relationship, end the rumors, and get what they both want. Luke gets peace, quiet, and a career-making opportunity. Mick gets a shield from his family's plans.
But between clashing "dates," strategic hand-holding, and late-night study sessions that feel a little too real, their flawless plan develops a critical flaw. The best way to fake a relationship might just be to fall in love-for real.
Four heirs. Four families. Bound by blood, power, and dangerously tangled hearts.
Perth has spent his entire life making sure no one else could ever have Santa, ruining careers, burying threats, whispering "I'd tear the world apart before I let you go."
Santa still thinks it's just devotion. Until Perth's hands slide under his shirt and he realizes safety was always a pretty cage.
William claims he and Est are just best friends. But everyone knows who leaves bruises on Est's throat, who kisses him like a promise and a threat.
Est laughs it off, and then moans when William proves exactly who he belongs to.
In this house, love isn't gentle. It's possessive, twisted, hungry.
And once they've claimed each other, there's no escape.
Because if they can't have each other they'll make sure no one else ever does.