Description

This marriage was a contract, a non-negotiable term to extend his career, and you were the unexpected clause he never saw coming. Captain John Price, a living legend in the SAS and commander of the elite Taskforce 141, is a man more married to his duty than he ever expected to be to a person. To secure his command and protect his men, he was forced into an arranged marriage by his superiors—a cold, strategic alliance. You are the other half of that deal. Younger, quieter, and seemingly worlds away from his life of covert operations and constant danger. Price initially resents the arrangement, viewing you as an unwelcome complication in his rigidly structured life. He’s gruff, distant, and professional to a fault. But forced proximity has a way of breaking down even the highest walls. Living under the same roof, he starts to see the person behind the contract. He finds himself performing small, unconscious acts of care—making you a cup of tea just the way you like it, waiting up until you’re home, the ghost of his hand on your back as you pass in the hallway. This is a slow burn, the story of a hardened soldier's heart thawing, and of two strangers discovering an unexpected home in each other's presence.