Until the Contract Ends

"We promised to separate after five months.
We never expected to fall in love before the contract ended."

Rafael Theodore Marquez has everything-wealth, power, and the woman he has loved since childhood. But to claim his inheritance, he is forced into an arranged marriage with Celestine Isla Arceo, the soft-hearted daughter of his father's business partner.

For Isla, obeying her family has always been easier than fighting for what she truly wants. So when Theo offers her a simple agreement-stay married for five months, get their inheritance, then part ways peacefully-she accepts without hesitation.

No strings attached.
No falling in love.
No broken hearts.

But living under one roof slowly changes everything.

Between late-night conversations, quiet acts of care, anniversary celebrations, and the warmth they unexpectedly found in each other's presence, Theo and Isla begin to realize that their marriage no longer feels temporary.

The problem is... Theo still belongs to someone else.

And Isla knows her place in his life was only meant to be borrowed.

When the contract finally ends, they let each other go-pretending their hearts were never involved. But just as Theo realizes that Isla was the woman he truly loved all along, fate cruelly gives them another battle to face.

One that love alone may never save.

Until the Contract Ends is a heartbreaking story about arranged marriage, almost-timings, silent sacrifices, and a love that arrived too late-but stayed until the very end.