The moment Jonathan Clarkson's lips crashed against mine in front of our parents, I knew this was no longer a negotiation.
My father's company was collapsing, and the only way to save it was to marry New York's most notorious playboy.
He wanted a trophy wife. I wanted my family's survival.
Neither of us wanted love.
I told myself I could endure it. A marriage of convenience, a business transaction dressed in white silk.
But Jonathan's world is not what I expected, his cold indifference, the women who circle him like vultures, and the secrets he keeps locked behind his charming smile.
I thought the hardest part was saying yes to a man I did not love.
Then Rose appeared, claiming to carry his child. And Lucas, Jonathan's best friend and the only person who ever made me feel seen, became my forbidden comfort.
We crossed a line we cannot uncross, and now someone is watching us, gathering evidence that could destroy everyone I care about. Jonathan knows, and his retaliation is swift and devastating.
But when a final, bloody reckoning shatters everything, I am left with only one question.
After so much betrayal and loss, is there anything left worth saving, or has this marriage already taken everything from me?