Marked into Marriage

Drugged by his brother, August forcibly and permanently marks Cedric—the youngest son of a rival family. With the press closing in, a lawsuit looming, and stock prices crashing, Cedric shows up with a proposal: “Either settle for thirty million, or marry me.” A marriage of convenience between two people used by their families. From separate bedrooms to joint investigations, from bonding tides to withdrawal symptoms, from hidden recorders to a prison reckoning. When the revenge is over, two red lines appear on a pregnancy test. Under fireworks at the Empire State Building, August kneels: “This time, because you want me.”