The Marriage We Never Wanted

Jace Rattanakul has spent her entire life trying to become someone separate from her powerful family name. A brilliant and respected doctor, she wants nothing more than to focus on her patients and stay away from family politics. But when her father's health begins to fail and the Rattanakul hospital group faces financial trouble, Jace is forced back into the family business. There is only one way for her to secure control of the hospitals. She must be married.

Jia Lian has an entirely different problem. As the sole heir to her grandfather's enormous fortune, she has spent years fighting relatives who believe she is too young and inexperienced to inherit the family empire. Her grandfather's final condition is simple. Jia must be married for two years before she can claim her inheritance.

Neither woman wants marriage. Neither trusts easily. And neither is willing to sacrifice everything her family built.

So they make a deal.

A marriage of convenience will solve both their problems. They will live together, appear in love when necessary, and stay married until their obligations are fulfilled. In return, they promise each other three things. No falling in love. No jealousy. No interfering in each other's personal lives.

At first, Jace and Jia can barely stand being in the same room. They argue over everything, from breakfast to family dinners. But slowly, the boundaries between their fake marriage and real life begin to disappear.

Jia starts waiting for Jace to come home from the hospital. Jace begins noticing every little thing that makes Jia smile. Their arguments become playful. Their silence becomes comfortable. Their concern becomes protective.

Then jealousy enters the marriage.

And suddenly, the rules they created to protect themselves become impossible to follow.

What began as a calculated arrangement becomes something neither woman expected.

A real marriage.

A real love.

And a choice neither inheritance nor family obligation can make for them.