The billionaire’s bidding war
GENRE: Billionaire Romance.
SETTING: The story is set in the modern 21st century in the Beverly Hills. Specific locations include but are not limited to:
- The Thorne mansion, where Mariah’s family lives.
- Ashton’s house, where Mariah lives with Ashton, her husband.
TROPES: Arranged marriage, enemies-to-lovers, secret identities, forbidden love, revenge, hidden pregnancy.
THEMES: Love. Betrayal. Revenge. Hatred. Hunger for power.
BLURB: When Mariah Thorne’s family falls from grace after a bankruptcy, Mariah is forced into a cold and calculated marriage to the ruthless heir of her family’s rival company, Ashton Langford.
Mariah soon starts to plot to destroy the Langford in the marriage when she finds out that they’re behind the downfall of her family and the destruction of their wealth, but the more she stays married to Ashton, the harder it is for her to avoid the fact that beneath the ruthless exterior he has is a soft man who may have saved her family behind his own family’s back.
When a past lover of Mariah’s steps in to destroy her marriage, how does Mariah handle this when she finds out that she’s pregnant in the middle of her divorce process?
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Chapter: Characterization CHARACTERIZATION:1. MARIAH THORNE: She is 26 years old with light brown hair and deep blue eyes. She stands at 5’7” with a slim but slightly curvy build. She is smart and composed, but she hides her manipulative side perfectly.Background: She was trained by her father about finance and business, and she is surprised when her father’s company goes bankrupt and all the investors start to pull out. She gets married to the heir of her father’s rival just to save his business, and she finds a secret about why her family turned bankrupt, leading her to get revenge. She is torn between her quest for revenge and her growing feelings for her husband.2. ASHTON LANGFORD: He is 28 years old. He’s 6’3” tall with black hair and light brown eyes. He has a toned and muscular build. He is known by the public as a ruthless control freak who doesn’t believe in love and thinks emotions are liabilities.Background: He found out about his father’s plan to destroy the Thorne family and their business, an
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Chapter: Chapter four CHAPTER 4Brenda didn’t like me, but at least she didn’t hide it. Winston, on the other hand, wanted to destroy my family but had been pretending to be clueless this whole time.“The marriage is serving its purpose at this time,” Ashton said to his father with a cold tone. “When we’ve acquired all we need from the Thorne company, we’ll dissolve it quietly. Until then, she stays out of the way. I’m not having an heir with Mariah Thorne.”My heart wrenched at everything he said. Not only was he a part of this, but he also didn’t believe that I was his wife. He still referred to me as Mariah Thorne.“And what happens when you make a mistake and she figures it out?”“She won’t,” Ashton assured with so much confidence that it scared me how sure he was that I wouldn’t find out.They destroyed my family’s business. This marriage wasn’t arranged for both families to get their benefit. It was a way for me to get subdued so that they would have their way with my family.I backed away from the d
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Chapter: Chapter three CHAPTER 3I didn’t know how long I stared at the text message on my phone, contemplating how to respond to it. My hands trembled as I texted a response.Who is this?I stared and waited, hoping that I would get an immediate reply. Finally, the bubble showed that the person on the other end of the phone was typing.Someone who knows what happened to the last woman who got too close to Ashton Langford.What did that even mean? An ex? Was he married before just the way he was married to me now?Maybe something worse?I stared at my phone, hoping for answers as I asked the person what they meant by that. There was no reply.I stayed in and out of sleep until a knock on my door made me jump.“Mrs. Langford?” Marie, one of the housekeepers, called. “Breakfast is ready.”“I’ll be down in a minute,” I replied as I got out of bed and headed for the mirror in the bathroom to see if I looked as tired as I felt.There were dark circles under my eyes, my hair was a tangled mess, and exhaustion may
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Chapter: Chapter two CHAPTER 2“Remember,” Ashton said as we stood outside the dining room and waited. His hand was resting on my lower back that looked affectionate, but we both knew it was far from that. “We’re happy together. We’re adjusting well, and everything is perfect.”It was Friday, and we were having dinner with his family. I hated the thought of it, especially after Brenda’s solo visit the other day.“How long do we have to do this?” I asked him as I forced myself to relax.“However long it takes for them to leave,” he replied.The door opened before I could say anything else, and we were suddenly putting on our masks of smile, touching, and pretending.Brenda watched us like a hawk throughout dinner, her eyes storing every single interaction between Ashton and I. She looked as if she was taking note of every word and recording every breath. But when Ashton’s hand grazed against mine on the table, her expression tightened as if it was the most disgusting sight she had ever seen.“You two seem
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Chapter: Chapter one CHAPTER 1I felt nothing as I stared at my reflection in the full length mirror to see the stranger in a white silk wedding dress staring back at me.“You look really beautiful, Mariah,” my mother said, her voice cracking as she teared up and adjusted my veil.“Stop,” I wanted to tell her. I wanted to let her know that no amount of fussing around with the dress would make it feel less like a costume and more like a wedding dress. I wasn’t getting married as far as I believed. I was just putting up a show.“The Langfords are seated,” my father announced at the doorway. The desperation in his voice was so obvious to me. “It’s time.”As I smoothed the front of my dress and forced my lips to curl into a smile, I told them, “I’m ready.”As I walked out of the house, it felt more as if I was walking to my execution than my own wedding.But I had made this decision, and I would see it to the end.~The church was smaller than I had expected it to be. I hadn’t planned anything related to the
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