Velvet Chains
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She doesn't date. He doesn't take no for an answer.
When Leo Ashford, billionaire heir and notorious playboy, locks eyes with the soft-spoken and untouchable Sophia Deveraux at an exclusive café in southern France, he knows one thing he must have her. But Sophia isn't interested. In fact, she's never dated, and she certainly doesn't plan to start with a man like Leo.
To even earn a conversation, Sophia's powerful mother demands Leo write a ten-page essay explaining why he wants to marry her daughter. He accepts. But what begins as a game quickly spirals into obsession, scandal, and an arranged marriage neither of them asked for.
When a vicious online rumor explodes-branding Leo as violent and untouchable Sophia is thrust into the spotlight, accused of standing by a man she never wanted to marry in the first place.
In a world ruled by money, influence, and public image, can Leo prove his innocence... or will Sophia be forced to marry the devil she doesn't know because their fathers already shook hands?
💍 High society. Arranged marriage. Scandal. Slow-burn obsession. A love story written in ink, fire, and ten pages of desperation.
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