

To pay for her grandmother's surgery, Lucy Hayes signs a one-year contract marriage with a man she's never even met. A year later, fresh out of college, she lands a job at Lightning Racing, the legendary E1 team—only to discover that Ethan Rane, the team's rebellious playboy ace driver, is her contract husband. When her heart is broken one time too many, she walks away for good—carrying his child. But on the world championship podium, he declares to the entire world, live on camera: "Wherever you go, I will find you.

ClaireBennett,agiftedrace-cardriver,hadbeeninlovewithDr.EthanCarterfortenyears.Theyheldaweddingandlivedashusbandandwifeforfiveyears,andshealwaysbelievedshewastheloveofhislife—thewomanhehadfoughtdesperatelytowinback.ItwasnotuntilshediscoveredthatthevitaminsEthanhadpreparedforherhadbeenreplacedwithmedicationthatwouldleaveherinfertilethatshelearnedLillianReedwasnoordinarychildhoodfriend,butthewomanEthanhadbeenbetrothedtosincechildhood.EthanandLillianhadlongsinceregisteredtheirmarriageandevenhadasontogether,whilethemarriagecertificateinClaire’spossessionwascompletelyfake.ClairedecidedtotakeupawagerAdrianFosterhadproposedyearsearlierandleaveforgoodintwoweeks.YetEthancontinuedtodeceiveandhurtherwhileimprisoningherinthenameoflove,andLilliandeliberatelycausedacaraccidentthatnearlydestroyedClaire’schanceofeverracingagain.

My social psychology professor gave us a simple assignment: text the words I love you to the family member we were closest to, then record their first reaction. My parents had died seven years earlier in an ambush meant for the DeLuca family. With no one else to text, I sent the message to Roman DeLuca -the youngest Don in New York's underworld and the man the court had once appointed as my temporary guardian. The typing bubble appeared and disappeared all night. At two in the morning, his answer finally came. [Mara, don't confuse dependence with love. Whatever exists between us can never cross that line.] The next day, he stripped away every privilege he had ever given me, disconnected our private line, and ordered his underboss, Luca, to stop reporting anything about me. When I went to DeLuca Tower in Lower Manhattan, security blocked me at the revolving doors. "The Don's exact words were that we could let a rival family walk in tonight, but not you." After that, whenever Roman saw me at a party or in a hallway, he left first. He kept it up for six months. Then a doctor told me an aggressive, high-grade glioma was growing inside my brain. It was pressing into the part that held language and memory, and the time I had left might be just long enough for one goodbye.

Talented jewelry designer Ada Prescott's life has hit a low point after her boyfriend cheated on her and her sister falsely accused her of plagiarism. While getting drunk in a bar, she accidentally meets her ex-boyfriend's uncle, Max Worthington, the heir to a powerful plutocracy. By mistake, the two become a contractual couple. At first, Ada doesn't have a crush on Max and wants to end the relationship, but as they get along, Ada gradually falls in love with his thoughtfulness. And Max on Ada is early "premeditation" - Ada has not remembered, years ago in an encounter, he actually fell in love with her at first sight...