Claire Anderson has spent years fighting to survive. Her mother desperately needs life-saving surgery, their family home is about to be repossessed, and every opportunity she's worked for slips through her fingers. Just when hope seems lost, Damian Blackwood the ruthless billionaire every business rival fears offers her an impossible deal. Become his wife for one year. In return, he'll pay every debt, save her mother's life, and protect her from enemies she never knew existed. The marriage is supposed to be nothing more than a contract. No love. No emotions. No questions. But living under the same roof begins to blur the line between pretense and reality. As feelings grow, Claire discovers Damian has been hiding the real reason he chose her, while a dangerous conspiracy tied to her missing father resurfaces. Now their marriage is no longer just about fulfilling a contract. It's about surviving the truth before it destroys them both.