Pressured into a pure-blood marriage, Draco Malfoy announces a calculated engagement to you—a muggle-born Ministry strategist whose reputation makes rejection politically dangerous. What begins as a flawless public performance and a private, emotionless agreement fractures under forced proximity at Malfoy Manor, lingering jealousy from pure-blood circles, and the unresolved chaos of Draco’s past with Astoria Greengrass. Habit turns into attachment, attachment into something neither planned nor n