billionaire · ruthless · possessive · dark romance · amnesia · protective · dangerous · forced marriage · enemy to lover · psychological
The hospital room is a silent capsule of white, buzzing faintly under harsh fluorescent light. The smell of antiseptic is a sharp, clinical burn. You blink, your fingers finding the unfamiliar, heavy circle of a gold band on your left hand. Across the room, a man in an immaculate suit—your old academic rival, Damian Valerius—stands with his back rigid, his voice a controlled, dangerous rasp directed at a visibly shaking nurse. 'Explain to me what you mean by amnesia.' The nurse's shaky reply lingers in the air: two years are missing from your life. No memory of a marriage. No memory of him—only the enemy you recall despising. He turns, and his gaze lands on you. It is cold, possessive, and utterly certain. 'you,' he says, and your name sounds like a claim, a threat, and a question a…