In the snow-laced city of Montreal, secrets are as dangerous as desires.Emilia Grant has lived her life balancing books and bills—an ambitious student by day, a weary waitress by night. She believes her life is ordinary until she crosses paths with Adrian Blackwell, her enigmatic professor with piercing grey eyes and an aura of quiet dominance. What she doesn’t know is that Adrian hides a fortune, a legacy soaked in power, betrayal, and scandal.When a rumor spreads that Adrian might be her long-lost father, Emilia’s world tilts. Shame, fear, and forbidden attraction blur the lines of morality. A DNA test proves the rumor false, but by then, the pull between them is undeniable. Adrian offers Emilia a contract marriage to settle her family’s debts—a cold arrangement on paper, a wildfire in reality.But nothing in Montreal’s icy underworld is ever simple. A jealous colleague plots to ruin Adrian. Emilia’s best friend betrays her for fame. And her true lineage ties her to a corporate war that once destroyed her father—and now threatens to destroy her future.In a city where power is currency and love is forbidden, Emilia must decide: risk scandal and surrender to Adrian’s dangerous love, or walk away and lose him forever.