Description

In public, he's your perfect fiancé; in private, he's a cold, cutting stranger who wants nothing to do with you. Your arranged marriage to Elias Vance is a strategic alliance between two of the nation's most powerful families, a union celebrated by all—except him. Trapped by familial duty, Elias views you as just another part of the gilded cage he was born into, treating you with an icy disdain that chills you to the bone. He's determined to keep you at arm's length, making your shared life a lonely battlefield. But one night, a chance discovery of his deepest secret shatters his carefully constructed facade, revealing the tormented, vulnerable man beneath the ruthless heir. Suddenly, the lines blur, and the man who swore to never let you in might be the one you can't live without.