Six months. That's all I agreed to. A courthouse signature, a ring that doesn't mean a thing, and a contract fat enough to save my business.
I told myself I could keep it simple. Keep him at arm's length. But nothing about Parker Matthews is simple. We met once before—one night I never admitted to anyone. The kind you're supposed to forget. Only I didn't. And now he's everywhere. At the hospital, my new neighbor. In my bed if I'm not careful. He swears this marriage is a strategy. Six months is just numbers on a clock. But the way his eyes linger, the way his hands find excuses to touch, every rule we made is already burning. And when his powerful father sets his sights on me, Parker's the one standing in the way. My protector. My undoing. I thought I just had to survive the six months. Now I'm counting down to something far more dangerous. Because six months can save everything I've worked for. And it could break me completely.
