The Protocol Billionaire

It was supposed to be a contract. It turned into a marriage.

I’m a data analyst. I look for patterns. So when I found a kill code hidden in a medical device update, I pulled the plug and saved twelve lives. I also cost Elias Vale millions of dollars.

He’s the Protocol Billionaire. A genius who sees emotions as inefficiencies. Instead of firing me, he made me an offer: Marry him. Become his fake wife to stabilize the company stock and protect me from the people trying to silence me.

It was supposed to be a business arrangement. No emotions. No touching. Just a ring and a bodyguard detail. But Elias broke his own protocol. He touches me like I’m precious. He looks at me like I’m the only variable that matters. And now, the fake marriage feels terrifyingly real.