Her fiancé hands her a termination letter. By the end of the night, Delaney has lost far more than a wedding.

Cross and Co. Events is her livelihood: eleven people to pay, a younger brother who depends on her, and years of work the Larkspur Club can erase with a signature. Preston's family is finished with her. They expect her to leave quietly.

Kieran Vale has another offer.

The man who owns the club's building can give Delaney the work she needs to survive. He also sees the precision and stubbornness everyone else has taken for granted. Working for him brings her into his house-and close enough to discover the lonely man behind his extraordinary control.

Delaney knows how to read a contract. Wanting the person who wrote it is harder to protect herself against.

As her business grows and their arrangement becomes intimate, an old letter raises a question she cannot ignore: how much of her rescue began before she knew she needed it?

This time, she will read every condition. Especially the ones he never put on paper.