Bound to the Billionaire: A Fake Fiancé Enemies-to-Lovers Romance

Xander Montgomery is a ruthless billionaire who needs a wife. I’m the ambitious architect who just became his strategic liability.

I, Isabella Lawson, built my firm from the ground up. Now, the largest contract of my career—the restoration of the Montgomery Estate—is being held hostage by its cold, dominant owner. Xander isn't offering a job; he’s offering a six months as his fake fiancée to secure his family empire from a hostile takeover, or I walk away with nothing.

The rules are high-profile dates, constant proximity in his lavish penthouse, and no emotional entanglement. The high-stakes lie is our common enemy. But the moment his possessive touch is for public consumption, the line between performance and reality dissolves. Our intellectual rivalry fuels a dangerous, undeniable passion that threatens to shatter my professional walls. Every stolen glance, every heated argument, every steamy, forbidden kiss in his opulent, controlled world is a direct violation of our agreement.

Xander is accustomed to control, but I am the only woman fierce enough to challenge his alpha demands. When betrayal from within his empire exposes our fragile lie, we’re forced to protect the contract that binds us, or surrender to the all-consuming love that could destroy everything. Can two ambitious enemies build a real, enduring future on a foundation of lust and lies?