A contract signed in ink.
A marriage born of legacy.
And two men caught in a slow-burning war they were never meant to survive.

Evan Beaumont has spent his entire life in the shadow of a name he didn’t choose and a future he never wanted. Quiet, careful, and far too observant for his good, he’s used to being the overlooked son — until a forgotten clause in an old contract drags him back into the spotlight… and straight into a marriage with the one man he’s tried for years to forget.

Alister Quinn is everything Evan isn’t: cold, commanding, and emotionally untouchable. The heir to a ruthless media empire, Alister knows how to win wars without ever raising his voice — and he has no intention of letting his carefully controlled life spiral just because of a clause drafted decades ago.

The rules are simple: Two years. No feelings. No mess. And absolutely no touching.

But forced proximity has a way of cracking old foundations.
And pretending not to care is a dangerous game — especially when secrets, history, and late-night silences say otherwise.

In a world where legacy is law and love is a liability, what happens when the contract starts to feel like the only real thing left?