Paula Edwards: Because of my face, a famous billionaire found me with a deal---- pretending his wife. I didn't graduate from my university yet, but now, I have to be a mother of two kids, and a wife of someone who i don't really know? However, to pay for my debt, I accepted his insane deal. Voltaire Farusco: An air accident, I lost my wife who's the love of my life. But I surprisedly met a woman who look exactly the same like her! For our two precious twin kids, I made an agreement with her to live in our house, and asked her to pretend as my missing wife.
"I need you to pretend as my wife," my eyes widened upon hearing those words from him.
He was serious, not even a tinge of sarcasm can be seen on his face.
"W-What?" I asked again, making sure if heard it right.
He leaned on the swivel chair and crossed his arms while staring at me, "I'm willing to pay you any amount, you name it."
I gulped as my mouth went agape, "P-Pay me, to pretend your wife? Why?"
"Yes, you know my wife is ... missing. For the pretending thing, you don't have to know the reason. I'll give any amount to you once you sign the contract of our agreement."He finally stood up and walked in my direction as seeing my hesitation.
"Based on the information that I got, you are a college student at Gosling University which is one of the schools that I own. And also, I heard that you are currently living with your grandmother who is now confined in the hospital."
I wrinkled my brows. How can he know such personal things about me?
"Miss Edwards, I know how badly you need this money. If I were you, I will do everything for my beloved grandmother and-
"All I need to do is to act as your missing wife, am I right?" I looked straight at him.
"Well, yes. You need to act like her, look exactly like her, take care of the kids, make them all believe that you are her."
I bit my lower lip. A moment of silence then I nodded, "O-Okay."
"Are you saying that you're already agreeing to pretend as my wife?" he was almost smiling, though it didn't reach his eyes. I gulped again while my hands were trembling.
Slowly, I opened my mouth as I looked at him, "W-We should have an agreement first."
His brows rose up, then he nodded, "I understand, so, what's the conditions?"
"You should give me half of the payment first, t-that is my first condition." I retorted. He nodded as approval and so I continue speaking, "No kissing between us, no touching, no mingling with my personal real life, and no-
"No sex." He suddenly said which made me look at him.
"D-Definitely no sex," I repeated.
"So, those things are your only conditions?" he asked me again.
I thought for a while then I looked at him, "And one more thing, no one in my friends or anyone who knows me should know about our agreement. We're only going to act like a couple in front of your family and in front of your children."
"I understand. Anything else?"
"How long will I be pretending?" I asked again, my voice was shaking. The man gazed at me with his deep ocean blue eyes that could melt someone if he tries to stare at them.
He suppressed a sigh before he spoke,
"Until I finally find my wife."
***
Paula's POV
I am Paula Edwards, a twenty-year-old girl who lives with my grandmother who is not really my grandmother. She just took me in and raised me after seeing me in front of a church back when I was still an infant.
I didn't get the chance to know who my real parents are, I don't know what they look like or why they decided to leave me there. I'm no longer interested in finding them anyway.
The current situation was that my beloved grandma was urgent for a surgery. She's my only family, I need the money.
I didn't really remember how I stepped out Mr. Farusco's office.
That night where I met him was a mistake, but it's hard to say if I should be lucky or grateful to meet him. In any case, this man was the only one who could save my grandmother when I was at my wit's end.
It was my only option. A fair deal.
*A week ago*
"What?! He already has a new girlfriend?! How dare him do that to you?! So, the real reason why he broke up with you was because he already found someone else?! That holly jerk!!" My bestie Cindy kept on yelling when I finally told her about what I saw that morning.
It was Sunday afternoon and I just called her to meet me at the coffee shop just so I could have someone to tell what I'm feeling.
"Cindy... am I really replaceable? Am I a bad person? Why is this happening to me? Why do people keep on running away from me? My parents, then my boyfriend. I begged him, but he only said that HE WAS HAPPY WITH ME."I know it makes me look weak and impotent, but I can't stop the tears from sliding down my cheeks.
"It's not your fault, okay? If someone left you, that dose not mean that you don't deserve them. That means that you deserve someone way better than them. That fucking Jake doesn't deserve someone like you."
I lowered my head. "I don't even know what to feel anymore."
"Do you want to have some cheer-ups? I know a place." Cindy suddenly said.
I looked at her with furrowed brows. "H-Huh?"
"Trust me, Paula. I'm sure you'll be able to forget about that asshole."
"But Cindy-
"Let's go!"
Winter Wesley is the most popular celebrity in New York. With her beauty and great acting skills, many people really admire her. Not until her grandfather forced her to marry a poor man named Matthew. Winter despised him so much. Her family treats him like a servant each day. But what will happen if they suddenly find out that the penniless man Winter married is none other than the son of the Wealthiest man in New York who is believed to die twenty years ago?
"I need you to pretend as my wife." His tone was emotionless as he said those words. Although he said that he needed my help, he sounded like he was making a demand. His audacity got on my nerves. I had better things to do with my time, so I wasn't in the mood to play games with him. I stood up and declined, "No, I refuse. I'm very busy now. Find someone else." "Name your price, Paula. As far as I know, you are desperately in need of money to cater for your grandmother's medical expenses. If you agree to my request, I can arrange for her to undergo the much-needed operation immediately. You want her to live, don't you?" His statement made me have a change of heart. I took a deep breath and sat back. "How long will I be pretending?" The man gazed at me with his deep ocean blue eyes that could melt someone if he tried to stare at them. He suppressed a sigh before he spoke, "Until I finally find my wife." "What if you don't find her?" I nonchalantly asked. ...... What will happen if they make a deal? What happened to his wife? Will he find her? Find them out in this story.
Sunny never imagined herself falling in love to the man in the photo that she used as her book cover one night. But she did, and she end up having a relationship with her sassy boss, Damon Furlord.; They both thought it would just be a piece of cake. They thought it would work out just because they love each other. But then things changed, new people arrived, and new secrets were found. Will Sunny and Damon remain together no matter what happens? Or one of them will just leave and forget about anything that they’ve been through?
“I need you to pretend as my wife,” my eyes widened upon hearing those words from him. He was serious, not even a tinge of sarcasm can be seen on his face. “W-What?” I asked again, making sure if heard it right. He leaned on the swivel chair and crossed his arms while staring at me, “I'm willing to pay you any amount, you name it.” ~~~~ I am Paula Edwards, a twenty-year-old girl who lives with my grandmother who is not really my grandmother. She just took me in and raised me after seeing me in front of a church back when I was still an infant. I didn’t get the chance to know who my real parents are, I don’t know what they look like or why they decided to leave me there. I just had an agreement with Mr. Voltaire Farusco, the Billionaire and the richest man here in New York who just lost his wife after a plane crash. I met him in a bar, that night when I decided to get drunk and be crazy after my boyfriend named Jake broke up with me. It was the same night when Mr. Farusco decided to get drunk too because of his wife. And because he thought that I was his wife, he grabbed me in the middle of the dance floor and kissed me passionately as if there was no tomorrow. And you know what happened after that. A week has passed and four men in black suits suddenly arrived in front of the University I am studying at and told me that their boss wants to see me because he has something to talk about. I agreed with his plan, I agreed to pretend as his wife because I need the money. No strings attached.
Vincent Hastings, the ruthless Billionaire and the most fearful Mafia King in New York. He is the boss, he can get everything that he wants whether he does it with bare hands or by force. Just like how he forced Sophie Laurens, youngest daughter of Albert Laurens, one of the richest men in New York who had an agreement with Vincent to have one of his daughters marry him. He willingly offered his youngest one, not minding what the consequences are, not minding what Sophie's future might look like.
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"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?"
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