I don’t believe in mercy.

I believe in winning before the other side realizes the game has started.

So when my father decides my future needs to be sealed with a marriage to secure the Westwood empire’s next century, I don’t hesitate.

I accept the deal.

She’s kryptonite. Brilliant. Untouchable on the surface.

The kind of woman who walks into a room like she’s never needed anyone—and never will.

Until I see what’s happening behind closed doors.

Her family’s legacy is bleeding out, and she’s holding everything together with sheer will and no safety net.

Marrying her gives both of us what we need.

But the moment she becomes my wife, the arrangement stops being just business.

I don’t like the way the world corners her.

I don’t like the way vultures circle what she built.

And I definitely don’t like the way I start planning my days around her.

I was raised to be ruthless and trained to put legacy above emotion.

Yet here I am, dismantling threats, burning bridges, and rewriting rules for one woman who never asked to be saved…

Even if the world now insists on calling me her white knight husband.