She hired a stranger to survive Christmas.
She got a billionaire who refuses to let her go.
I only needed a fake fiancé for one holiday.
One week. One lie. No feelings.
Then “he” showed up—wrong man, wrong timing, dangerously right.
Clara Bennett has her life together—at least on paper.
A successful career. A carefully controlled heart. A family that expects perfection wrapped in a holiday bow.
Hiring a temporary fiancé seemed like the safest solution.
Until Evan Hale steps through her door instead.
He’s powerful. Private. Intensely controlled.
The kind of man who doesn’t pretend—he “claims”.
And once he steps into her world, he doesn’t step out.
Evan was never supposed to stay.
He was never supposed to touch her.
And he was definitely never supposed to look at her like she already belongs to him.
But the longer they pretend, the more real it becomes.
Every stolen glance.
Every “practice” kiss.
Every night spent too close, breathing the same air.
Clara knows she should run.
Evan knows she won’t.
Evan doesn’t do halfway.
Not with business.
Not with desire.
And not with the woman who has quietly become his weakness.
He protects her.
Defends her.
Claims her—whether she’s ready or not.
And Clara is torn between the safety she’s always chosen…
and the man who makes her want everything she’s been afraid to need.
Because Evan isn’t just a man with secrets.
He’s a billionaire hiding in plain sight.
And when the truth comes out, it threatens more than the lie—it threatens her heart, her family, and the fragile trust between them.
This Christmas, pretending could cost them everything.
He was supposed to be a temporary solution.
She was supposed to be untouched by the lie.
But once the truth is exposed, Evan makes one thing clear:
She was never part of the plan—
She became the plan.
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