He Needed a Fake Wife—His Son Chose the Maid

Ava Morales expected her new job at the Vale estate to involve polished silver, impossible schedules, and a terrifying employer. She did not expect Dominic Vale’s nine-year-old son to sabotage an engagement party with smoke bombs—or to trust her with a box that once belonged to his dead mother. Dominic is a billionaire shipping executive, a feared New York crime boss, and a father who knows how to command an empire but not how to reach his grieving child. When Noah’s grandmother files for emergency guardianship, Dominic offers Ava an outrageous deal: marry him for six months, help him prove that his home is stable, and walk away with one million dollars. But their fake marriage soon exposes a real conspiracy. Noah’s mother left secret recordings linking someone inside the Vale family to stolen charity money, murder, and a plan to seize the boy’s inheritance. As Ava battles Noah’s pranks, challenges Dominic’s control, and gives the broken father and son a way back to each other, the three begin to resemble the family they were only supposed to pretend to be. Now the contract has an expiration date—but the danger surrounding them does not.