or of Carter Tower was too

e it might save her life. Her fingers were still stiff from signing the contract that morning-a 90-day fa

lking into a lion's

k over. "They're

think I'm your wife now. Who've probably a

t have to play your part. Smile. Hold my arm. Maybe nod t

ask about the we

r button harder than n

oors

pair of eyes on that f

laptops open and brows raised. His assistant, Mel, blinked like

all confidence and custom tailoring. So

," he said smoo

word

i

ing like she was having a stroke.

t she recovered quickly. "It's

Oh-wow. That soun

his throat. "Le

d into the seat next to him, back straight, smile frozen. No one spoke to her again-n

orst

dn't bla

d up with a marriage certificate and a billionaire husb

an entered the boardroom with an armful of portfoli

u must be the reason Daniel

up, briefly an

hand, pushing down nerves.

wider. "For

ie f

hat a

loser. "He usually doesn't keep secrets th

ightened, but

aniel walked her out in silence. Not until they s

" she said quietl

didn't

ld her

ake-married to a man with a real pas

tion," he said, calm as eve

l, I

otic

lence as the ele

ut of place she'd been. And how somewhere deep down, beneath

f it w

it was t

e gold band on h

ty d

to survive