Veronica Nolan believed she had secured the ideal arrangement when she signed an unwritten pact with powerful corporate tycoon Lawrence Ashford. Inside their lavish penthouse, they share an intensely physical marriage bound by one strict principle: absolutely no romantic affection, no sentimental confessions, and no emotional vulnerability during daylight hours.
Twelve months of cold discipline begin fracturing when outside suitors take notice of Veronica, prompting unexpected possessiveness from her aloof spouse. As calculated distance gives way to late-night jealousy, both partners realize that treating desire like a corporate contract might cost them the very control they fought to protect.
