Hysteria

To own the world, I had to lose her. To keep her, I'll burn it all.

Ezra Rian is the cold, brilliant CEO of MANIC Corp.-a shadowy investment conglomerate with its claws in tech, art, and underground black-market commodities. Wealthy beyond reason and emotionally detached, Ezra is known as The Man With No Heart. That is, until Rhea D'Souza walks back into his life-an ambitious, morally gray art curator with secrets sharp enough to cut glass.

Years ago, they almost had something real. Almost. But she left, and Ezra buried every emotion behind steel and money.

Now, he needs a wife. Not for love, of course-never that-but for a legacy clause in a corporate merger that will either expand or collapse the empire he built. Rhea, facing financial ruin from a scandal she didn't cause, becomes the perfect candidate for a marriage of convenience with a man she once loved-and now wants nothing to do with.

But what begins as a cold transaction turns manic as power shifts between them. The closer they get, the more they unearth old wounds, twisted desires, and the very truth that broke them years ago.

The real danger?
This time, if they fall, they'll drag the entire empire down with them.