Chapter: Chapter 4I had been proposed to exactly zero times in my life. Zero. Twenty-four years on this planet, four years of nursing school, countless double shifts, one broken heart in college, yet somehow nobody had ever looked at me and thought, ‘Yes, that's the man I want to marry.’Dates with girls would either end in “It’s not you, it’s me.” which I know is a massive lie, or they’d just stop responding after the first date.Then, somehow, on a random Tuesday evening, one of the richest women in New York had walked out of a bank with me and asked me to marry her.Life was really funny like that. Similar to how getting hit by a bus is funny.I unlocked the door to my apartment and immediately regretted coming home.The kitchen light was still on. That means one thing.That meant my mother was awake.Wonderful.“You're late.”There we go. That’s my mom. I hadn't even taken my shoes off yet.“Good evening to you too, my dearest mother.”She sat at the tiny dining table, bills scattered in front of h
Last Updated: 2026-08-02
Chapter: Chapter 3“I don’t believe you.”“Oh, sorry. Do you need my ID?” I knocked on the car window and Gerald pulled the passenger's window down, “I need my license from the glove compartment.”It didn’t take Gerald more than a few seconds to hand it to me. I handed it to…Oh shit.“I apologize for not asking sooner but… what’s your name?” I asked sheepishly, handing him my driver’s license.“Sawyer,” he said as he scanned my photo and my face a couple of times until he’s satisfied. He huffed a breath and handed it back to me, “You’re Eleanor Ashford.”“That’s me.”“Then why?”I looked at him, confused at what he just asked me. What does he mean exactly? We're in a situation where there are a lot of questions that start with ‘why’ yet none of them came to my mind first.“Why what?”“Why do you need a husband in 3 days? Better yet, why do you not have a husband? You're one of the most talked about people in the finance industry and you're telling me you’re really, truly single?” he asked, tilting his
Last Updated: 2026-07-31
Chapter: Chapter 2Three days.That ridiculous deadline had followed me into the elevator, through a board meeting, and now into the banking hall where I should be feeling fulfilled after a meeting. But no. The countdown to forced marriage by my own parents, which is quite similar to imprisonment, fills my mind.I looked at my watch. I let out a breath when I saw that it was barely six. Enough time to go home, pour myself a glass of wine, eat yesterday's leftover pasta, and pretend I didn't have exactly three days to manufacture a husband."Oh. You’re so young. I bet patients ask for you all the time,” a teller from one of the counters commented as she eyed the man in front of her with something I can’t explain, “I know I would.”I stopped walking when I saw how she winked at him.I watched them carefully. The teller was smiling. The customer wasn't. The teller was leaning over the counter, chatting with a customer as though they were on a first date instead of discussing a loan application. Company pol
Last Updated: 2026-07-30
Chapter: Chapter 1"You have three days to find a husband."I almost choked on my coffee when my sister decided it's fine to casually drop a bomb like that. Amelia chuckled on the other line and I couldn’t help but think about how cruel she is for finding this amusing.“What?” I asked, annoyed, “You do realize you’re not any better than me, yes? Or is your very special friend, Samantha, coming to the ball with you?”Silence. Then fake coughs. Amelia is not Amelia if she’s not dramatic.“Point is,” she cleared her throat like her coughs were real, making me shake my head, “You would need to talk to that Lambrecht guy again. Did you hear that they just closed that long-awaited deal to expand to Asia today? Under him? Imagine what the fool’s mouth can do at the ball.”“Well, shit.”“Exactly.”“I am not going to find someone in three days, Mel. Even our parents had a week before they got married.”I massaged my temple. My head ached at the thought of dealing with Lambrecht’s loud mouth the entire party.“Yo
Last Updated: 2026-07-29
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