Cassian Valerian stopped believing in love the day he lost his family. At fifteen, he became the sole survivor of a tragedy that took his parents and grandparents from him. Years later, he has become a powerful billionaire who trusts numbers more than people and keeps everyone at a safe distance. Then he meets Adrian Morales. Adrian is everything Cassian isn’t—warm where he’s cold, affectionate where he’s guarded, and determined where Cassian is resistant. Cassian wants nothing to do with him. Adrian falls in love anyway. What begins with unwanted gifts and an impossible attraction eventually turns into a dangerous alliance when Cassian’s family empire comes under attack. With enemies inside the company, a ruthless uncle determined to steal Cassian’s inheritance, and secrets buried for years beginning to surface, Cassian has no choice but to trust the one man he never expected to need. A fake engagement becomes real feelings. Protection becomes devotion. And somewhere between the fear, the betrayal, and the healing, Cassian discovers something he thought he had lost forever: A reason to love again. A reason to trust again. A reason to live. Sometimes the greatest love story begins after the greatest heartbreak.