[MMILS1] HUNTER CASSIUS HAYES- The Price of your protection

Serene's world is on the verge of collapse as her brother's company faces ruin. With her brother in a coma, she has no choice but to seek the help of the one person who might be able to save it-Hunter Cassius Hayes. But her plan comes with a risky proposition: a temporary marriage to protect the company from her stepmother's scheme to sell it. As tension rises and their dangerous game unfolds, Serene and Hunter must navigate a web of lies, desires, and power. Will this arranged marriage save her family, or will it lead them both into a darker, more complicated path?

"Marry me."

"WHAT?!" Madiin at bahagyang malakas ang pagkakasabi niya, sapat para mapatingin ang ilang malapit na customer.

Pero wala akong pakialam.

"Please, Hunter." Nilakasan ko ang loob ko, pilit na hindi ipinapakita ang panginginig ng boses ko. "I really need you. I need you to protect me and our company. Isa ka sa may pinakamagandang security, at alam kong kaya mo akong protektahan."

Napahawak siya sa kilay niya, halatang gulat at hindi makapaniwala sa hinihingi ko. Ilang segundo siyang nanatiling tahimik, para bang iniisip kung tama ba ang narinig niya.

Hindi ko alam kung paano niya ito tatanggapin. Pero alam kong wala na akong ibang mapagpipilian.

"Your brother will hate me if I do that," seryosong sagot niya, nakakunot ang noo. "At bakit ako ang napili mong maging asawa?"