She signed her name on a paper she barely understood and walked into a stranger's life with a calm she didn't entirely feel. The groom she'd heard rumors about—the ruined rich playboy, the man whispered to prefer men, the man who'd become a joke—turned out to be nothing like the tabloids said. He cooks burned fish for her, scolds her protectively, and saves her from a barroom assault with a ferocity that doesn't match the rumors. She thinks she's agreed to a practical arrangement: a name, a roof, and the freedom to study acting. He thinks he's finally found the person he would sacrifice everything for—if only she could remember. Between them are secrets, a brother's three-million-dollar crisis, vicious classmates, and a powerful "Seven Lord" who has two faces and one dangerous purpose. She wants to act. He wants to protect. Neither is prepared for what happens when the world that humiliated one tries to break the other—and the man who hides behind a carefully chosen alias decides to stop hiding. A messy marriage, an industry that eats women alive, and a guardian with a private war—who will be the one to change? And which mask will fall first?
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