She was nothing to them. A body. A tool. A secret they could bury and forget. Lily Parker gave birth to a baby she already loved more than her own life. And before the night was over, they took her daughter. Her family. Her identity. They threw her out into the cold and told her she was worthless. But Lily Parker is not worthless. She is dangerous. With six months to live and nothing left to lose, she walked into the life of Alexander Sterling, the coldest and richest man in the country. Their marriage was a deal. A contract. A transaction with an expiry date. He needed a wife. She needed money. Simple. Clean. No feelings allowed. Except nothing about Alexander Sterling is simple. And nothing about what is happening between them is clean. Because somewhere in the shadows, the people who destroyed Lily are still watching. And the man she married to survive is hiding something of his own, something that connects them both to a past neither of them knew existed. The contract said one year. But the truth does not care about contracts. And when it comes out, it will burn everything down.