jackcomb
Chapter 1 - The Contract
"For one full year, you'll live in my house, attend my family's events, and pretend to be my wife."
His voice was cold. Measured. Like he was reading from a business memo.
"And after that?" I asked, trying to keep my tone steady even as my heart pounded louder than it should.
Arka raised an eyebrow, his dark eyes unreadable. "After that, we're strangers. You go your way. I go mine."
My gaze fell to the document on the table. Thick paper, neatly printed. Legally binding.
One year.
Three hundred sixty-five days.
And in that time, I would have to learn how to live beside a man who made my blood boil...
...and ignore the way he made my heart beat in ways I didn't agree to.