For twenty-two years, Emily believed she was unwanted. She'd been abandoned at birth and raised in a quiet orphanage. She'd thought she was forgotten.
Until the day a black car pulls up and billionaire tycoon Victor Hale claims her as his daughter. Emily is overjoyed. But soon, she discovers he didn’t come with love. Instead, He came with a contract.
Within days, Emily is thrust into an arranged marriage with Adrian Cross, the country’s most ruthless and untouchable billionaire. Cold and calculating. A man who destroys enemies without blinking.
She thought she could at least be loved here. But he makes one thing clear: He doesn’t want a wife and he will never love her.
Their marriage is nothing but a business merger… or so Emily thinks.
Because behind Adrian’s icy silence lies a dangerous secret. One that could destroy her father. One that could change Emily’s entire identity. One that proves she was never meant to be Victor Hale’s daughter.
When betrayal, corporate warfare, and a shocking kidnapping threaten to tear everything apart, Emily must decide who her true enemy is.
The father who used her? Or the husband who might be risking everything to protect her?
In a world of power, lies, and stolen empires, love is the most dangerous gamble of all and this time, the heiress is done being a pawn.