The Architect of Her Ruin

Ana Duarte designed three of the buildings that made Cassian Vale a billionaire. He put his name on all of them. When a rival sues over the stolen plans and the firm folds, Cassian offers her a way out of the lawsuit — if she marries him before his Tokyo listing goes to the board. Three years. Public appearances. One clean slate. Ana signs, because she has no choice, and because she has been keeping a file since the day he took her name off the drawings. The file is almost complete. She moves into his house. She takes the office facing his. She watches him dress for board meetings and she collects the last piece she needs. On the night she lays it all out on his desk, Cassian doesn't argue. He doesn't fight. He signs the division over and asks her what she wants next. She thought she wanted ruin. She isn't sure, anymore, what she's building.