Bulletproof Vows: The Prince's Hidden Gem

I woke up zip-tied in the back of a speeding, stolen armored truck, clutching a bag of uncut rubies with a heavy gold wedding band on my finger. The culprit? A lethargic city clerk who accidentally processed my vendor permit as a marriage license - chaining me to Kyros, my insufferable, smug rival in the underground jewelry trade. I only went to the registry to protect my little brother from my vindictive ex, Jaleel. Now, I’m dodging bullets and fighting to launch my award-winning jewelry line while legally bound to a man I’ve sworn to strangle. When Jaleel tries to humiliate me by shredding my mandatory public-vow dress, I expect to face the city's ruthless artisan syndicate in rags. Instead, Kyros presents me with a million-dollar gown of spun platinum and flawless diamonds. I thought we were just two broke jewelers breaking the syndicate's violent rules to survive. But what if the syndicate is a front, Kyros is secretly the Crown Prince of the hyper-wealthy nation of Qalara, and the 'rules' I've been violently breaking were actually the royal trials he rigged to make me his queen?