Alex has spent her entire life running from her mother's strict rules. When her mother calls her back for an emergency, she finds something worse- her mother just gave her freedom away, and now she's trapped in an arranged marriage she can't escape from. Chris isn't what she expected. Though he hates the forced marriage, he refuses to let her go and refuses to tell her his reasons. What's worse, there's an attraction neither of them can deny, even though Alex hates him more than anything. As their time together grows longer and longer, a plan to escape backfires into an almost-relationship Alex can't ignore. Soon she'll have to make a choice- escape a marriage she never wanted, or stay with the broken man she's fallen for.