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Success, good looks and money - Damien Carter had it all. He was a guy who could get anything held before him, even make girls bow before him in just a snap of his fingers, yet he chose to agree to marry Amanda Darrlow, the girl his parents chose for him, the girl who wasn't even his type.
Fun loving and kind hearted but rebellious - Amanda Darrlow was a well known socialite in the city who was strong willed to do something on her own and come out from her successful family's foreshadow, but, at the same time was being forced to marry Damien Carter, who she didn't have any interest in, yet she agreed to the proposal.
"So do we have a deal?"
"I would like nothing more."
What happened that the marriage arranged by their parents soon became a business deal between the two youngsters. Will they be able to put up with the act they planned or will they end up mixing business with pleasure?
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