The Billionaire Clause

One week ago, I had a stable life, a quiet engagement, and a future that felt safe.
Today, I’m jobless, single, and drowning in medical bills I never planned for.
When my world collapses, I take a temporary contract at an elite investment firm, working under the coldest man in the building—Elliot Blackwood.
Billionaire. Strategist. Emotionally unavailable.
We clash from day one.
He believes feelings are liabilities.
I believe people are more than numbers.
Then a scandal threatens his company, and my past resurfaces in the worst possible way.
To protect his reputation—and my dignity—we enter a strictly business agreement: a fake relationship, carefully negotiated like any high-risk deal.
No emotions.
No attachment.
No crossing the line.
But contracts can’t control chemistry.
And when trust becomes real, the rules start to break.