Vivian Sterling has spent five years locked in a Swiss psychiatric ward—her uncle Richard's doing. He murdered her parents, forged a mental health diagnosis, and stole the Sterling family trust. Now she's escaped with one goal: revenge.
But there's a catch. Her grandfather's trust stipulates she must be married by twenty-five—and stay married for two full years—to claim her inheritance. She turns twenty-five in sixty days.
Her target: Dominic Vance, the ruthless CEO of Blackstone Group, who's currently being crushed by Richard's hostile takeover. She offers him a deal—marry her on paper, and she'll give him the ammunition to destroy their mutual enemy. Two years, then they walk away.
Dominic agrees. Cold transaction. Nothing personal.
But as they navigate Richard's attacks—corporate sabotage, a staged car accident, a hitman's bullet—the lines blur. Vivian discovers Dominic's own childhood trauma. He sees the scars her uncle left on her. What started as a contract becomes something neither expected.
When Richard corners Vivian in an abandoned winery, Dominic shows up bleeding, barely standing, and ready to die for her.
In the end, Vivian doesn't just reclaim her fortune. She reclaims her life. And on the day their contract expires, she shows up at City Hall—not to end it, but to finally say "I do."
