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Billionaire Romance, Contemporary RomanceHIS CONTRACT WIFE RAN AWAY
Ethan Calloway never planned to become a father. But when tragedy leaves his six-year-old niece, Sophie, in his care, the powerful billionaire suddenly finds himself fighting a custody battle he cannot solve with money, influence, or lawyers. Then Nora Hayes walks into their lives. She is supposed to help Sophie heal—not become part of the family. But Sophie trusts her. Ethan depends on her. And when his lawyers warn that his unstable home life could cost him custody, Ethan makes Nora an offer neither of them ever expected: Marry him for one year. It is supposed to be simple. A contract marriage. Separate lives. A stable home for Sophie. Enough money to save Nora’s struggling learning center. And when the year ends, they walk away. Except somewhere between school mornings, sleepless nights, family dinners, arguments, stolen kisses, and a little girl who begins calling them “my people,” the arrangement stops feeling fake. Nora falls in love with the family they accidentally created. And Ethan falls even harder. But Ethan has spent his whole life expressing care through money, protection, and carefully written agreements. So when their original reason for being married disappears, he makes the worst mistake possible. Instead of asking Nora to stay… he prepares another contract. Five more years. More money. More security. More promises written on paper. And not one honest sentence telling her what she desperately needs to know: Would he still choose her if Sophie never needed her? By the time Ethan finally realizes that love cannot be negotiated, Nora has already made her decision. The contract expires. Her wedding ring is left behind. And his contract wife runs away. Now the billionaire who could buy almost anything must learn the one thing money was never able to give him: how to make the woman he loves choose him freely.
New story · 0 savedYoung Adult RomanceThe Summer Before Everything Changed
Tessa Quinlan has spent four years believing one reckless text killed her brother. Now the Blue Heron Inn is being sold, the boy whose family took the blame has returned to Sandpiper Key, and Luke’s old phone has surfaced with a summer list he never finished. Eli Barrow did not come back for Tessa. He came back for the evidence his father was blamed for losing. But the deeper they dig into the night Luke died, the more dangerous the truth becomes. Because someone else was on that boat. Someone Tessa trusts. And the powerful family preparing to buy her home may have spent years making sure nobody ever discovers what really happened. Between a crumbling family inn, an unfinished summer list, a love triangle built on buried guilt, and a secret capable of destroying two families, Tessa must decide whether uncovering the truth is worth losing everything she thought her future would be. Because sometimes growing up means discovering that the life you planned was never really yours. And sometimes the only way forward is to stop living for the person who never got the chance.
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