The Perfect Scandal

"He has spent six agonizing years watching her from the shadows, waiting for the chance to make her his."

Alessandra "Sasha" Bellini returned to Lake Como with a single purpose: build her independent restaurant empire in Milan and prove she no longer needs her family's name. The last thing she wanted was to slip into the wrong bedroom and find Lucien Valmont standing there in nothing but a bath towel. Lucien is Europe’s most untouchable, calculating political heir. He doesn't make mistakes, and he never loses control. But when a swarm of paparazzi corners them in the doorway, threatening his upcoming parliamentary election and her restaurant launch, both families demand damage control: A six-month public marriage. Separate bedrooms. Zero emotional entanglement. And an ironclad exit clause. The contract was signed for mutual survival. But behind closed doors, their electric hostility turns into scorching, slow-burn obsession. Because Lucien isn't marrying Sasha to save his career.