She was desperate. He was dangerous. Their deal was simple—until emotions got in the way.
When 21-year-old Ariella Morgan agrees to be sold off to pay her father's gambling debt, she never expects the buyer to be Lucien Kane—a cold, intimidating billionaire with eyes as dark as secrets and a heart as frozen as his fortune.
To Lucien, she’s just another possession. A pawn in his calculated world of business, revenge, and power. But what begins as a contract quickly spirals into something far more dangerous—an obsession neither of them can control.
Ariella wants freedom. Lucien wants loyalty.
But in a world where everything has a price, can love ever be real?