He wanted a contract. She gave him a revolution.
Richard VanRyan doesn't believe in love. He believes in clauses, signatures, and cold, hard control. When he needs a wife for one year to seal a billion-dollar merger, he doesn't propose,he drafts a contract. Complete with rules, schedules, and twice-weekly "marital relations" logged like board meetings.
Enter Kate O'Connors: broke, desperate, and warmer than a fresh-baked pie. She signs on the dotted line for $500,000 and a roof over her head. No emotions. No questions. No falling in love.
But the first scheduled night changes everything. One unguarded moment. One spark. And nine months later, a pregnancy the contract never anticipated.
Now the ice cold billionaire is rewriting every rule. He's holding her after sex. He's buying her bakery. He's building a nursery in his frozen heart. And just when Kate thinks she's cracked his armor, she discovers the truth: Richard knew about the baby before she told him. And he said nothing.
Is their marriage still a contract? Or has love become the one clause he can't control?
