One arrogant billionaire.
One sarcastic barista who refuses to bow.
One dangerous contract that will ruin them both.
I thought Alexander Kingsley was just another rude customer.
A dangerously attractive billionaire with silver eyes, a cruel mouth, and the social skills of a granite wall.
He came into my café every morning, ordered black coffee like a command, and looked at me like I was something he might destroy just for entertainment.
So naturally… I insulted him.
Repeatedly.
What I didn’t know?
Alexander Kingsley doesn’t forget insults.
And he doesn’t lose control.
He takes control.
One night he walks into my café after closing, places a contract on the table, and tells me something insane.
He wants me to marry him.
Not for love.
Not even for appearances.
He wants an heir.
A temporary wife.
A woman who will sign a contract, move into his penthouse, give him a child… and then disappear when the deal is over.
In return?
He’ll erase my family’s dangerous debts.
Debts that could destroy my mother.
I should have said no.
I should have thrown the contract in his face.
But Alexander Kingsley is the kind of man who doesn’t ask twice.
Cold. Powerful. Untouchable.
And the more I fight him… the more he seems to enjoy the war.
Now I’m trapped in a marriage to a man who might be the most powerful criminal in the city.
He says I belong to him.
He says he will break me.
But Alexander Kingsley is about to learn something dangerous.
I may be the barista…
But I don’t break easily.
