When her family’s empire collapses overnight, Caro Beri is left with nothing but a desperate choice: lose everything… or sell her freedom to the most dangerous man in the city.

Peter Shey is not just a billionaire, he is ruthless, controlling, and feared by everyone who knows him. His world runs on power, precision, and absolute loyalty. Love has no place in it. So when he offers Caro a contract marriage, it comes with one condition: no feelings, no mistakes, no betrayal.

But Caro is already hiding a secret that could destroy him.

Forced into his cold, luxurious world, she becomes both his greatest asset and his most dangerous weakness. As Peter begins to trust her, protect her, and need her, Caro finds herself falling for the one man she was never supposed to love.
Because behind her obedience lies a truth she cannot escape:

she is being controlled… and Peter Shey is the target.

Every stolen glance, every touch, every moment of closeness becomes a lie wrapped in something dangerously real. And when the truth finally comes out, it won’t just break a contract, 
it will destroy a man who never believed in love… and a woman who was never meant to keep his heart.

Caro did not expect to see Peter again so soon, and certainly not like this. He was standing near the conference table when she stepped into the room, sleeves slightly rolled, posture composed, as if nothing had shifted between them. The normalcy of it unsettled her more than distance would have. She paused just inside the door, her breath catching before she forced herself to speak. "You asked for the updated report," she said, keeping her voice steady. Peter glanced up briefly. "I did," he replied. "Bring it here."


Chapter 63 - Chapter 63 – Close Call