"Who sent you?" he murmured as he kissed me passionately. "I guess you are the bait, huh? They sent you here to find out if I'm gay or impotent, didn't they? Of all the girls in town, they chose a nameless whore to seduce me. I guess I'll have to teach you a lesson.
That was how Victoria's one reckless night with billionaire CEO Raphael Hawkins began.
Desperate to pay for her dying mother's surgery, Victoria endures his humiliation and accepts his money. She thinks she can finally walk away, until their private photos are leaked.
To silence the scandal, Raphael offers her a deal. Become his fake girlfriend and pretend to be his future fiancée.
Victoria agrees, never knowing the man she is pretending to love is hiding a shocking secret. His rumored autism is only a twenty year old disguise, concealing a ruthless man secretly investigating his father's death and the betrayal within his own family.
As his family schemes against her and dangerous enemies close in, Raphael repeatedly puts himself between Victoria and danger.
Their relationship began with money and deception.
But when pretending becomes desire, Victoria must decide whether Raphael is the man who once humiliated her, or the only man willing to risk everything to protect her.