The Brother She Wasn't Supposed To Choose

Alina Reyes has spent three years being perfect. Perfect compliance officer. Perfect fiancée to Marcus Vale, the golden heir. Perfect at pretending she doesn't count exits every time she enters a room.

Then Damien Vale, the shadow brother, hands her a glass of champagne and says three words: You look trapped.

On the night of her engagement party, Alina discovers a file that could destroy the Vale family. A dead patriarch's will. A love clause no one understands. A secret child hidden in Berlin. And the man she was never supposed to notice sees her more clearly than the man she is promised to.

She can marry the safe brother and keep the peace. Or she can choose the truth, the risk, and the man who saw her clearly from the start.

Love doesn't just break hearts in the Vale family. It dismantles empires.