The Price for a ring.

Nikolai Rostov is a powerful, enigmatic billionaire with a reputation for being cold, calculating, and utterly untouchable. At the top of his game, he has everything-except the one thing he needs most: a believable wife. When an unexpected family obligation forces him to make a public appearance with a wife by his side, he makes an unorthodox proposition to his capable, poised secretary, Rita Bianchi, pose as his wife for a year in exchange for a staggering $30 million in cash.

Rita Bianchi, calm and elegant, is no stranger to Nikolai's icy demeanor, but the offer is too tempting to refuse. With her own reasons for needing the money, she agrees, knowing the arrangement is strictly business with no emotional ties involved.

As the months pass, their fake marriage begins to blur the lines between performance and reality. Rita's grace and charm slowly chip away at Nikolai's guarded heart, revealing a side of him few have ever seen. She finds herself drawn to the complexity of the man behind the cold façade-his vulnerabilities, his past, and the man beneath the power.

Amid high-society events, whispered secrets, and intimate moments that neither can ignore, the line between love and obligation becomes increasingly difficult to discern. What began as a simple business arrangement starts to feel like something deeper, but can a marriage built on a contract truly survive when the heart gets involved?

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I would like to thank my close friend for inspiring me to write this book. I always procrastinated but I've decided to try and see where it leads me.
This book is honestly just for funsies. I don't expect it to get a huge amount of reads. Heck, i might not even finish it. But its the journey that counts right?
Its my first book yall, The plot might suck...

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