The Optimization Paradox

Elena Vance's holistic wellness retreat is her sanctuary-a haven from the cold, data-driven world that failed her when it mattered most. Carter Li is that world embodied: a brilliant, biohacking tech CEO who views human emotion as an inefficient variable. When a financial crisis forces Elena to accept his merger offer, there's one impossible condition: to convince his skeptical board, they must pretend to be in a relationship.

Armed with a laughably clinical "Synergy Alignment Protocol," the...