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Married Without Love

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Hailey Jane Anderson. A famous lawyer of one of the top law firms in New York. A smart, feisty, strong willed, no nonsense, elegant lady. She comes from a billionaire family.

She doesn't believe in love and romance. She does believe in relationships though.

Nathaniel 'Nathan' James Rodriguez. Businessman and heir to the Rodriguez Empire. A playboy and most handsome, eligible bachelor and yet a ruthless boss to whom business is everything.

They are not in love but arranged to be married. How will their so called marriage go?


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