BLURB Lilian Brooks,has spent her entire life proving that she doesn’t need anyone especially not a man whose wealth could buy her silence and call it love. As a scholarship student in Boston, she has learned how to survive without depending on promises that never last. So when a stranger offers her a contract to fake-date one of the most powerful billionaires in New York, she walks away,until reality forces her back. Ethan Cole is not a man who asks twice. With his company on the brink of a reputational collapse and his past threatening to ruin everything he has built, he needs something simple, believable, and controlled a relationship that the world can trust. Lilian is none of those things. She is honest where his world is artificial. Untouchable where others bend. And completely unwilling to fall for him. But the contract is signed. The rules are clear. And the lines between truth and performance begin to blur faster than either of them expected. Because Ethan doesn’t pretend halfway. And Lilian doesn’t fall safely. Somewhere between public appearances and private moments, feelings grow where they were never supposed to exist. And when the contract ends… So does the illusion,or everything they built together