Dee
At twenty, Madison O’Connell learns that elite privileges come with a steep price tag. On her birthday, her ruthless family bargains away her future, forcing her into a strategic union with the city’s most dangerous heir, Jade Neil. Bound to a reckless playboy who thrives on chaos and defiance, Madison resolves to shield her heart behind unbreakable ground rules: separate lives, silent co-existence, and an absolute ban on intimacy.
Jade detests every polished, untouchable inch of his new bride. Driven by spite and a bruised ego, he vows to make their forced arrangement intolerable. Yet, surviving under the same roof ignites a slow, volatile shift. Behind closed doors, defiance softens into unspoken understanding, and sharp resentment turns into electric, undeniable temptation.
When a single, intoxicating night shatters every boundary they constructed, the rules are permanently rewritten. But in a game where power is everything, the darkest danger isn't losing control, it is realizing who fell first.
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