A week had passed, but for Olívia, each day felt like a chapter in a novel she hadn’t written herself. Ever since she signed the contract, Liam appeared like a dazzling shadow in every aspect of her life. He showed up at her office at the end of the workday, took her to dinners, to the suite where he was staying, and even went to her family’s mansion. Sometimes there were even kisses. Everything had to look real.

To anyone watching from the outside, they looked like a solid, passionate couple.