A fake marriage. A crumbling community. A love that was never supposed to be real.

Dorian Albrecht has built a life on charm, control, and carefully crafted lies. As heir to a ruthless media dynasty, he's used to playing the part the world demands -- until public trust wavers and family pressure mounts. To save his reputation, there's only one answer: get married. To someone respectable. Selfless. Believable.

Enter Elian Rowe -- poor, principled, and desperate to save the only home he's ever known: the struggling community center for underprivileged kids. When Dorian offers a deal that could secure the center's future, Elian signs the marriage contract with gritted teeth and a bruised pride.

What starts as staged smiles and camera-ready moments soon blurs into stolen glances and quiet nights. Until one kiss turns into something more -- and a night neither of them can forget.

But Dorian has never risked his heart. And Elian refuses to be anyone's charity project.

When love collides with ambition, and truth cracks through the performance, one of them will have to decide what's worth losing -- the empire, or each other.

A slow-burn, emotionally rich BL/MM romance about power, sacrifice, and a love too real to fake.

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