Emilia Grant has always lived between exhaustion and ambition. She was just a student trying to survive. Adrian Blackwell steps into her life like a storm in tailored suits. He was the man who had the power to either ruin her or save her.By day, Emilia Grant pushes through lectures at Kingston University. By night, she mixes cocktails for Montreal’s elite, hiding exhaustion beneath ambition. But everything changes when she serves a drink to a dangerously magnetic stranger, only to find him the next morning standing at the front of her lecture hall.Professor Adrian Blackwell billionaire, untouchable and forbidden.Whispers begin to swirl: he might be her father. One DNA test later, the lie is shattered, but not the damage. When Emilia’s world begins to fall apart, Adrian offers her an unthinkable escape: a contract marriage.What starts as a calculated move turns into stolen nights and scorching chemistry neither of them can control. But power and passion make dangerous enemies: a vengeful ex, a backstabbing best friend and a rival determined to destroy everything Adrian touches.Then, the ultimate secret detonates: Emilia’s blood ties her to Adrian’s deadliest feud and she’s carrying the heir to a legacy built on betrayal.Now, love isn’t the question. Survival is. But when the final betrayal comes... will Adrian still be the man who saves her? Or the one who breaks her completely?