Marriage of Convenience
Officially, Adrian Vale was dead to his family. Unofficially, he's back, a ghost in the polished halls of the empire that erased him, armed with a dangerous proposition: a marriage....
Officially, Adrian Vale was dead to his family. Unofficially, he's back, a ghost in the polished halls of the empire that erased him, armed with a dangerous proposition: a marriage of convenience to Lena Ardent, a woman as strategic and ruthless as he is. Adrian offers his estranged father the one thing he desperately wants—a merger with the powerful Ardent family—but his return is no olive branch. This isn't about love; it's a calculated move in a high-stakes game of corporate warfare and personal revenge. As Adrian and Lena prepare to unite two rival dynasties, the line between alliance and betrayal blurs, leaving one question: who is truly playing whom in this deadly pact?