I came to my father's birthday party for a celebration. I left engaged to a man who calls me his collateral. I was the dutiful daughter, a doctor with a job lined up when a stranger stepped onto the podium and announced our engagement to a room full of powerful elite. He stole the ground from under me. He didn't ask. He didn't give me a choice. And my father, the man who should've protected me, stood by and let it happen. Now I'm trapped in the villain's sovereign territory, where there are no rules but his_._ A place where danger lurks just around the corner and it always finds my door. He says I'll go free when his brother is located. Meanwhile, the lines blur, and the more I fight him, the deeper I fall. Because the most terrifying part isn't that he took me. It's that he might never let me go. * this enemies-to-lovers romance contains dark themes, suspense, and an unapologetic villain. enemies-to-lovers Morally grey MMC imposed engagement close proximity opposites attract