Leon Keith once believed in forever—until his eight-year girlfriend shattered that dream by choosing another man at the altar. Betrayed and broken, he swore off love entirely. When his parents orchestrate a marriage with their closest family friends, Leon sees it as nothing more than a business arrangement, a way to honor their wishes while keeping his heart safely locked away. Ivory Evans has spent her entire life being exactly who she wants: wealthy, headstrong, and utterly uncontrollable. Her indulgence has tested her parents' patience countless times, but their patience wears thinner when they announce her contracted marriage to a stranger. Resistant and resentful, Ivory prepares for matrimonial misery—until she meets Leon and discovers that some arrangements are worth reconsidering. What begins as obligation transforms into something neither of them anticipated: a genuine connection neither their contracts nor their defenses can deny.