Dynamic Duo

My best friend and I had been abducted by the Pendragon brothers—a duo consisting of a religious CEO and a top-billed movie star. We became their secret lovers against our will. "I'm pregnant, Lilith," my best friend said, tears glistening in her eyes. "Me too, Lindsay," I replied softly, caressing my belly. "But I won't go through with it." The brothers heard us. Their control tightened. They watched us during mealtimes, while we slept, and even during our bathroom breaks. We could not endure it any longer, so we fought back. In their anger, the brothers kept mistresses who resembled us. We thought we were free until one day, they found us. They called us homewreckers and hurled insults at us. They broke into our house, scarred our faces, broke our legs, and kicked us until we miscarried. It did not matter how much we tried to explain ourselves. They removed our clothes and paraded us in the street. Finally, the Pendragons arrived. They raised their marriage certificates and declared, "Lilith and Lindsay are our wives!"

When Elena defies her controlling father to escape an arranged marriage, she lands straight into the hands of another devil—Rowan Blackwood. Her arrogant, cold-hearted college bully is now a powerful CEO… and her new boss. Desperate and out of options, Elena accepts the job, thinking it’s better than marrying a stranger. But Rowan has other plans. With his twisted rules, cruel smirks, and a sharp memory of their shared past—including the slap—he seems determined to make her life hell. What begins as a tormenting work dynamic takes a darker turn when Rowan presents her with a shocking proposition: a contract marriage. For reasons he refuses to share, he needs a wife—fast. And the only one he trusts to play the role? The woman he can’t stand. Elena. Trapped between her family’s expectations and Rowan’s ruthless games, Elena must decide if playing his fake wife is worth the price of her sanity—or maybe even her heart. But in this war of wills, pride, and passion, nothing stays fake for long. A scorching slow-burn romance where the office is war, the contract is a trap, and love is the most dangerous rule of all.

Eliott et Lena sont inséparables. Depuis des années, ils partagent tout : secrets, souvenirs, délires et silences. Leur complicité est évidente, presque troublante. Aux yeux des autres, ils sont le duo parfait… mais ce que personne ne sait, c’est qu’Eliott est tombé amoureux. Il l’aime depuis toujours, ou du moins depuis ce jour où elle a souri sans raison, où son rire a fait taire tous les bruits du monde. Mais il n’a jamais osé lui dire. Par peur de la perdre. Par peur de briser cette amitié si précieuse. Lena, de son côté, semble aveugle à ses sentiments. Puis un jour, un geste, un regard, un mot de trop… Et la façade se fissure. Et s’ils étaient en train de passer à côté de ce qui pourrait être le plus bel amour de leur vie ? Et si l’amitié n’était que le début de leur histoire ?