The tabloids think they're married. He needs an escort to his annual holiday gala. She agrees—only for one night.

Ahn Ji-eun is a baker with a secret: her family's bakery is failing, and the debt is a mountain she can't climb. Kang Min-jun is a ruthless CEO with a problem: his grandfather is threatening to disinherit him if he doesn't settle down and produce an heir. Their solution is a contract—a fake engagement that will give her the money to save her family and give him the freedom to live his life.

But what happens when a fake relationship starts to feel real? When a contract built on lies and manipulation starts to crumble? When a Christmas ball, a public betrayal, and a shocking family secret threaten to expose the truth?

Bride for the Christmas Ball is a high-stakes, enemies-to-lovers romance where a fake relationship turns into a second chance at love, a family secret threatens to destroy an empire, and a Christmas miracle proves that the heart, not a contract, is the one thing that can save a man.