**What if your marriage started as a lie?** Maya Santos needs $2 million to save her dying mother. Dominic Volkov needs a wife to keep his billion-dollar empire. Their solution? A one-year contract marriage. **The rules are ✓ Play the perfect wife in public ✓ Produce an heir ✓ Walk away after twelve months ✓ No feelings. No complications. No falling in love. But Dominic Volkov doesn't do anything halfway. Not running his tech empire. Not fighting his vindictive cousin for control of the company. And definitely not falling for the woman he hired to be his temporary wife. Somewhere between the courthouse wedding and the baby they're trying to conceive, their fake marriage starts feeling dangerously real. **His protective touch. The way he looks at her like she's more than a contract. The family they're building from nothing.** But when the board discovers the truth about their arrangement, everything falls apart. Maya's pregnancy becomes a weapon. Dominic's company hangs in the balance. And they're forced to choose between the contract that brought them together and the love that grew despite it. \—- **From International Bestselling Author Elena Graves comes a marriage of convenience romance that spans FIFTY YEARS—proving that real love isn't where you start, it's what you build, one choice at a time.** \—- **⭐ What readers are *"I ugly cried at the epilogues. FIFTY YEARS of their love story!"* *"The slow burn was PERFECTION. I couldn't put it down."* *"Finally, a romance that shows what happens AFTER the HEA!"* \—- **Perfect for fans → Marriage of convenience romances → Billionaire romance with heart → Grumpy/sunshine dynamics → Forced proximity → Pregnancy romance → Slow burn that's worth the wait → Dual POV (his and hers) → HEA that spans a lifetime \—- **TROPES YOU'LL ✓ Marriage of Convenience ✓ Contract Marriage Becomes Real ✓ Billionaire Hero ✓ Enemies to Lovers Vibes ✓ Forced Proximity ✓ Pregnancy Romance ✓ Grumpy Billionaire × Sunshine Heroine ✓ He Falls First ✓ Dual POV ✓ Slow Burn ✓ 50-Year Love Story \—- ** This is a COMPLETE standalone novel with no cliffhanger. Contains mature themes and steamy scenes. HEA guaranteed. **85,000+ words 41 Chapters 6 Epilogues spanning 50 years** \—- **Scroll up and one-click now to discover why readers can't stop talking about Maya and Dominic's epic love story!**