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When Keeva James offers herself as collateral payment to save her family from Billionaire CEO Blake Prescott, she realizes that he wants a contracted marriage with her. As she navigates her new life, her past begins to resurface bringing both old and new monsters and Blake's unwanted engagement wanting to ruin them. Can they fight through these dark secrets and find love?
"It's crazy how one phone call can change your life." I whispered to no one in particular as I stared at the brown pages of my current read.
"Keeva, Keeva." I've been calling you for the past 10 minutes. Close that book and come down for dinner," my mom said barging into my room. I was startled and didn't realize she had been calling or that she was standing at my doorway.
I was too engrossed to notice. I quickly cleaned up and rushed downstairs before she got really annoyed. My mouth began to water as I got close to the dining room. I always look forward to Tuesday dinner when my mom gets to cook her delicious beef stroganoff with rice.
I got to the dining table and realize that everyone had been waiting for me. "Finally she's here," my little sister, Gabby exclaimed. "I apologize for my tardiness. I was deep into the novel I was reading."
I joined my mom in dishing out the food and we all broke out into different conversations. Gabby began to share her story of how she pranked her classmate by putting a fake spider in his bag. She spoke so animatedly that we couldn't help but laugh.
"Keeva, how was your day?" My dad asked. "Nothing as funny as a fake spider, just the usual customers coming in for their regular coffee dose and of course the occasional rude customers who can't seem to make up their mind and hold the long line of customers down.
Nothing strange." Gabby faked a yawn as mom flicked her hair. "Hey, why'd you do that?" We laughed at her as she pouted and mumbled something incoherently.
All of a sudden, dad received a phone call that made him tense, then he excused himself. We couldn't hear the conversation but I knew something was wrong. His face, now white like he had just seen a ghost.
When he returned to the table, mom broke the silence. "Is everything alright, love?" He played it off with a laugh. "Yeah, it was just a work issue. Nothing to worry about." Mom and I exchanged glances and decided to stay quiet.
The atmosphere had become quite tense. One would think that the silence could not get worse, but it did, as everyone leaned into their own thoughts. Even Gabby sensed the tension and refused to utter a word.
As I cleared the table, I looked into my dad's eyes and saw fear. He looked at me worriedly and went to his room.
Taking slow steps away from the kitchen, I walked to my room. I kept on wondering what could have made my dad so worried and afraid. I couldn't shake the feeling that something bad was about to happen.
I picked up my novel, but my I kept spacing out, so I decided to listen to my favorite playlist to get my mind off what had happened.
I kept on pondering what conversation my dad must have had. Little did I know that the phone call would cause a drastic change in my life.
Love can be unpredictable sometimes. It can come when it's least expected. Sophia was a secretary under her boss but she was always overlooked and underrated. Her colleagues framed her for stealing which brought her to the spotlight and captured the attention of the boss. She proved herself innocent and this made the boss move closer to her as they became intimate. Her apathetic boss who is a billionaire, George Robert, fell in love with Sophia, as his wish was to find a long lasting relationship. It was not easy to convince Sophia, because he had once accused her of theft, meanwhile it was a set-up. Luckily for George Roberts, one particular night an incident occurred which made them have sex without protection. Being in love with George was going smoothly, even though at first it wasn't easy to keep an office relationship. Things were going as expected,until Sophia's ex came haunting her with the past, reminding her with evidence that she was a prostitute who had aborted several pregnancies. What will happen if George finds out? How would George react? knowing that he is from a prestigious billionaire background and he now has a fiancee who was a prostitute, which can dent his family image. Will George continue the relationship? Or will that cause the end of their love story?
After three secretive years of marriage, Eliana never met her enigmatic husband until she was served with divorce papers and learned of his extravagant pursuit of another. She snapped back to reality and secured a divorce. Thereafter, Eliana unveiled her various personas: an esteemed doctor, legendary secret agent, master hacker, celebrated designer, adept race car driver, and distinguished scientist. As her diverse talents became known, her ex-husband was consumed by remorse. Desperately, he pleaded, "Eliana, give me another chance! All my properties, even my life, are yours."
"There will be no falling in love, we will only act as a loving couple when we are in public, we will share a room to make it believable, but no intimacy, touching is off-limits. We'll only have sex once a month, and that's solely to produce an heir. You won't interfere in my business, and I won't interfere in yours. You will be my wife in every sense and you will not be involved with any other man," he said, arrogance seeping from every word. I watch his mouth move, I'm not ready to fall in love with any man, especially not one as arrogant and egoistic as him. I can handle acting as a loving couple, and as for intimacy once a month. I can agree to that just to satisfy my sexual cravings with no strings attached. "Where can I sign?" I asked since I had nothing to lose. *** Nadine's wedding dreams turned to nightmares when she caught her sister and fiancé cheating! With a secret recording, she's ready for revenge. But then mysterious billionaire Logan West offers a deal: A Contract Marriage to take down her ex's empire. But what Nadine doesn't know is her life is getting complicated as she takes her chance to get revenge or risks everything for a chance at love?"
“You need a bride, I need a groom. Why don’t we get married?” Both abandoned at the altar, Elyse decided to tie the knot with the disabled stranger from the venue next door. Pitying his state, she vowed to spoil him once they were married. Little did she know that he was actually a powerful tycoon. Jayden thought Elyse only married him for his money, and planned to divorce her when she was no longer of use to him. But after becoming her husband, he was faced with a new dilemma. “She keeps asking for a divorce, but I don’t want that! What should I do?”
Rena got into an entanglement with a big shot when she was drunk one night. She needed Waylen's help while he was drawn to her youthful beauty. As such, what was supposed to be a one-night stand progressed into something serious. All was well until Rena discovered that Waylen's heart belonged to another woman. When his first love returned, he stopped coming home, leaving Rena all alone for many nights. She put up with it until she received a check and farewell note one day. Contrary to how Waylen expected her to react, Rena had a smile on her face as she bid him farewell. "It was fun while it lasted, Waylen. May our paths never cross. Have a nice life." But as fate would have it, their paths crossed again. This time, Rena had another man by her side. Waylen's eyes burned with jealousy. He spat, "How the hell did you move on? I thought you loved only me!" "Keyword, loved!" Rena flipped her hair back and retorted, "There are plenty of fish in the sea, Waylen. Besides, you were the one who asked for a breakup. Now, if you want to date me, you have to wait in line." The next day, Rena received a credit alert of billions and a diamond ring. Waylen appeared again, got down on one knee, and uttered, "May I cut in line, Rena? I still want you."
After two years of marriage, Sadie was finally pregnant. Filled with hope and joy, she was blindsided when Noah asked for a divorce. During a failed attempt on her life, Sadie found herself lying in a pool of blood, desperately calling Noah to ask him to save her and the baby. But her calls went unanswered. Shattered by his betrayal, she left the country. Time passed, and Sadie was about to be wed for a second time. Noah appeared in a frenzy and fell to his knees. "How dare you marry someone else after bearing my child?"
June Rivera was divorced by her husband after three years of marriage because he wanted to be with her sister who was pregnant for him. Kicked to the curb with a divorce and rejected by her parents,she struggles to make ends meet and get a job until she saves Luis Ambrose from an accident - the only child of Rafael Ambrose, a widowed man and the CEO of Ambrose Corporation. When little Luis asks to have her as a nanny, and Rafael's mother pressures him to get married, they draw a contract. To be Luis's nanny and his fake wife for one year in exchange for 50 million dollars!