Love is a fickle thing, a meaningless word— one you tell to get your way, one that’s uttered when you’ve truly diluted yourself to believe it. For Cesar Sergeyev, love has always been a transaction: a tool sharpened by wealth, power, and cold calculation. He doesn’t fall—he acquires. But when a formidable female lawyer crosses his path, a woman who can’t be bought, intimidated, or softened by charm, the rules of his world begin to fracture.