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Elena Carter knows better than to believe in forever.
After being betrayed by the man she once trusted most, she has spent years building walls around her heart. Love is a risk she refuses to take again.
Adrian Cole has everything money can buy-power, success, and a name everyone respects. What he doesn't have is freedom. Pressured by family expectations and desperate to solve a problem neither of them saw coming, he proposes a simple arrangement:
A one-year marriage.
No love.
No promises.
And absolutely no complications.
But somewhere between shared breakfasts, stolen glances, late-night conversations, and learning each other's scars, the line between pretending and reality begins to blur.
What starts as a contract slowly becomes something neither of them expected.
Something real.
Something dangerous.
Just when Elena finally finds the courage to trust again, a secret from Adrian's past resurfaces, threatening to destroy everything they've built together. Faced with betrayal, heartbreak, and impossible choices, they must decide whether love is worth the risk-or if some wounds are simply too deep to heal.
In a story about trust, forgiveness, family, and finding your way back to the person who feels like home, Love Wasn't Part Of The Deal is a slow-burn romance filled with longing, laughter, heartbreak, and the kind of love that refuses to let go.