She was just trying to survive. He wasn't looking for love. But when their worlds collide on a rain-soaked Paris street, nothing will ever be the same.
Beatriz Serpa has spent four years building a quiet life in the shadows — working long hours at a Montmartre bakery, stretching every euro to keep a roof over her daughter's head, and hiding from a past that could destroy them both. She fled Lisbon with a secret: her little girl, Clarinha, was never supposed to exist. And the man who fathered her believes she never did.
Leonardo Vasconcelos is a billionaire CEO who has everything — power, influence, a penthouse overlooking the Seine — and nothing that matters. His world is boardrooms, billion-dollar deals, and a family legacy that demands he marry for status, not love. Until a near-accident on a rainy afternoon brings a fierce, stubborn single mother crashing into his perfectly ordered life.
When Leonardo discovers the dangerous truth Beatriz has been running from, he offers her an arrangement: a contract. She'll pose as his partner to silence his father's demands for an arranged marriage. In return, he'll give her and Clarinha protection, a home, and a future no one can threaten.
But contracts have a way of becoming complicated — especially when a little girl starts calling you "Daddy," when the line between pretending and feeling disappears, and when the man Beatriz fled from resurfaces with the power and the motive to take everything she loves.
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