A marriage of convenience to save her father. A billionaire's demand for an heir. And a second chance at the love that broke her. Independent crime reporter Carrie Marogoni has spent years walking on eggshells, trying to outrun a past stained by her biological father’s murder. But when her adoptive family’s future is threatened by a high-profile trial, she’s forced into a heated arrangement with the one man she’s sworn to hate: Benedetto Dawes. Benny was her childhood hero, the boy who walked her home and the man who took her virginity—only to never call again. Now a powerful billionaire lawyer, Benny has a secret agenda. He’ll save Carrie’s father, but the price is absolute: she must become his wife and give him the one thing he wants most—a baby. As they navigate a steamy life of luxury and fated desire, the lines between a business deal and true passion begin to blur. But in a world of mafia-adjacent legacies and dark family secrets, can Carrie ever truly trust the man who broke her heart ten years ago?