The Billionaire’s Backup Bride

A deal with the devil never felt so tempting. Thalia Renard is a brilliant corporate lawyer who lives by one rule: always be in control. Her life is a fortress of contracts and clauses, meticulously designed to keep chaos at bay. But her carefully constructed world is about to be shattered by a man who plays by his own rules. Damien Varnier, a relentless and brazen tech billionaire, needs a fiancée to seal the biggest merger of his career.
And he's chosen Thalia for the role. It's a simple transaction, a performance with a clear expiration date. But on the sun-drenched deck of his private yacht in the Mediterranean, the lines between business and pleasure begin to blur into a hypnotic haze. What starts as a charade soon becomes a dangerous game of trust and surrender. Damien's touches are both a promise and a threat, awakening a desire Thalia thought she had buried long ago.
She's his employee, not his lover, but under the relentless sun, she feels an undeniable urge to give in to his every command. He's arrogant, demanding, and everything she's spent her life avoiding. And she might just be falling for him. In a world of power plays and billion-dollar deals, the most dangerous contract is the one written on the heart. Will Thalia win her case, or will she lose herself in a man who demands everything? The only certainty is that this thrilling game of hearts is one she can't afford to lose.