Her Unwilling I Do

They said "I do" for all the wrong reasons. That's when it gets complicated.

Evelyn Cole had one job today: walk down the aisle. Instead, she walked out of a church alone, humiliated in front of three hundred guests by the man who was supposed to spend forever with her.

She doesn't need saving. She needs a way to survive the wreckage of her reputation, her workplace, and her family's expectations, with whatever dignity she has left.

She never expects the answer to come from Nathan Harper, her company's CEO.

Controlled. Relentless. A man who has never lost a negotiation, until his own company is one board vote away from slipping through his fingers. The board has made it clear he needs a wife, and he has chosen the one woman in the building who already knows how to hold herself together when everything is falling apart.

It's supposed to be simple: one year, one performance, a payout, and an exit clause when it's over. Evelyn refuses at first. But as the whispers grow louder and the pressure closes in, the contract becomes the only door still open to her.

What she doesn't expect is how quickly the lines blur between performance and something real, or how much Nathan is still hiding behind his composure.

One contract. One year. One marriage that was never supposed to mean anything, until it does.