The Devil's contract

“He bought her silence. He bought her name. But he could never buy her heart. Christabel stood at the altar, her father's crumbling legacy on her shoulders and the man responsible for it-Dave-waiting with a cold, unreadable gaze. Their marriage was a contract, a deal inked not in love, but in power. Dave didn't believe in love; to him, Christabel was just another asset, carefully acquired and painfully trapped. But what Christabel didn't know was that her entire world had been a lie. Dave had orchestrated her father's downfall, bought her boyfriend's loyalty, and erased every path of escape-until she had no choice but to stand by his side. And when Cole, the boy she believed dead, resurfaces, the threads of her carefully controlled life begin to unravel. In a world built on betrayal, ownership, and pride, Christabel must decide if love is worth fighting for, or if she was only ever meant to be another piece in Dave's ruthless empire.”