One agreement changed everything.
In Manhattan, power is everything. Losing it is not an option.
Lena Glass didn't inherit her empire—she rebuilt it from the wreckage her late husband left behind. As CEO of Glass International, she's silenced every boardroom full of men who thought she was just keeping the seat warm. But now the press is circling, her board is wavering, and a powerful rival is quietly positioning to take everything she's bled to rebuild.
She can't afford a single weakness.
Nash Donovan has never cared what Manhattan thinks of him. He built his reputation on ruthless acquisitions and billion-dollar turnarounds—and he'd do it all again. But when a damaging media campaign repaints him as cold and untrustworthy, even his own board starts to wonder if he's still their man.
He can't afford the distraction.
The solution is almost embarrassingly simple.
A relationship. Public. Convincing. Temporary.
Six months of carefully managed headlines. Her image softens. His reputation gains humanity. Their enemies lose their leverage. Everyone wins—and then they walk away.
Except no one warned them that pretending is the most dangerous game two people like them could play.
Because the longer they perform, the harder it becomes to find where the act ends.
And whether either of them actually wants it to.
