📔We Were Childhood Enemies… Until Someone Else Forced Us to Fake Date

I spent twenty years building an empire just to cast a shadow over yours. Did you really think a wedding ring would stop me?"Julian Vane and Seraphina Thorne don’t just hate each other; they’ve turned mutual destruction into a multi-billion dollar art form. From the legendary "Juice Box Theft" of preschool to the "Cafe Catastrophe" of college, their rivalry is the heartbeat of the city’s economy. To the public, they are the "Two Little Demons" of the corporate world—brilliant, ruthless, and pathologically obsessed with one-upping the other.But when a foreign conglomerate mistakes their bickering for weakness and launches a hostile takeover, the demons do the unthinkable: they synchronize. In seventy-two hours, they dismantle their common enemy with terrifying precision, proving that if they are dangerous as rivals, they are apocalyptic as a pair.Terrified that the peace won't last (and tired of their skyrocketing blood pressure), their parents hatch a desperate plan. Using "deepfake" jealousy and a public ultimatum, they force the two into a high-profile engagement.Now, Julian and Seraphina are trapped in a "Fake Dating" contract that feels more like a tactical landmine. Julian is determined to be the "best boyfriend in history" just to spite her, while Seraphina is busy recording his drunken, heart-melting confessions to use as digital blackmail.As the line between "calculated affection" and "repressed obsession" blurs, the city’s most toxic rivals must decide: is this the ultimate corporate merger, or have they finally met the one enemy they can’t defeat?"In the game of love and war, the Vane-Thornes don't play to win—they play to ruin everyone else." #novel #drama