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"Treat her like an object, Julian, and don't be surprised when someone else treats her like a queen."
To the world, tycoon Julian Sterling is a ruthless god of stone and steel. Believing his quiet new bride, master archivist Maeve Thorne, is a calculating social climber who snared his inheritance, he vows to punish her with total emotional isolation.
He thought she deserved his ice-cold cruelty.
He was wrong.
When the dark truth of their contract is exposed, the arrogant billionaire is dropped violently to his knees. Desperate to rebuild her trust under one roof, Julian falls into a frenzy of unhinged groveling. He throws his multi-billion-dollar empire at her feet-buying priceless portfolios, rare historical assets, and every archival treasure she ever admired just to see a single spark in her eyes. He hovers outside her door, hollowed out by tears, begging to heal the scars of his words.
But nothing works. Her devastating detachment slides off an unbreakable armor. He taught her how to live without him, and she learned the lesson perfectly. Will his desperate wreckage ever be enough to spark a fresh bloom in her heart, or has her soul moved on to someone else entirely?