After her mother's sudden death leaves her with crushing medical debt and a teenage brother to raise, Emma Parker has no choice but to accept a shocking proposal from her cold, billionaire boss, Ryan Blackwood. He needs a wife for one year to secure his inheritance and prevent his manipulative stepmother from stealing his late father's company. She needs the money to save her family from poverty. It should be simple: pretend to be married, live in his mansion, and after twelve months, go their separate ways with a million dollars. But when Ryan's baby daughter from a previous relationship suddenly appears at their doorstep, and dangerous corporate enemies threaten everything they've built, their fake marriage becomes more real than either expected. Now Emma must decide if the love growing between them is worth risking her heart to a man who swore he'd never truly care for anyone again.