Bound By The CEO's Contract
Natalie Harper leads a simple life. A trained professional secretary, she had always been diligent, organized, and committed to staying out of trouble. Her uneventful life is upended when her gruff boss, Alexander Hayes-a wealthy CEO-makes her an offer she can't refuse: a marriage contract.
Alexander needs a fiancée to save his reputation and to get that crucial business contract, and Natalie fits perfectly. From the beginning, it would seem pretty easy: she gets financial security, and he saves his company. But getting into Alexander's glittering world is far from simple.
Thrown into a whirlwind of lavish parties, prying socialites, and Alexander's guarded past, Natalie quickly realizes she is in over her head. Things get even more complicated when Alexander's ex-fiancée resurfaces, determined to wreak havoc. As old secrets start to unravel, Natalie begins to question everything-especially her own feelings.
The more time she spends by Alexander's side, the more impossible it is not to feel the emotions she was so determined to keep out of their deal.
Is this a game he is playing, or is there really something genuine behind those cold and remote eyes? Can Natalie navigate his world of deceit and power, or will she lose herself in the process?
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Chapter: CHAPTER SEVENTY SEVEN(Alexander's POV)The moment James Hayes’ words hit the air, it seemed like the ground beneath my feet shifted. Brother. He had referred to himself as my brother and yet all my instincts told me to distrust him, the resemblance I had ignored before suddenly became impossible to ignore.His eyes are so calculating, so sharp, mirrored my own. His stance, with his secrets weighing like armor, how his voice demanded authority without raising his tone and voice, it was hauntingly familiar. And now that I knew the truth, I saw him not just as an intruder, but as blood.The revelation poisoned the air between us, thick and suffocating. My brother. Working for Jacob. Betrayed by him. And now standing in my living room, offering a key to destroy the same man who had tried to erase me.Natalie's hand brushed against mine and held me steady, but my brain spun with a thousand unspoken questions.I finally broke the silence. "You should have told me.He looked at my eyes without blinking. "Would y
Last Updated: 2025-10-12
Chapter: CHAPTER SEVENTY SIX(Natalie’s POV)The man's voice had such gravity that even my questions were silenced. He was seated across from us, gripping his hands tightly, his eyes flickering from Alexander to me as if deliberating how much of the truth he was to reveal."My name is James Hayes," he finally stated, voice low, almost burdened. "And I worked for Jacob."The words hit like a gunshot.But the shock wasn’t only because he had once stood at Jacob’s side. It was because of what he said next, eyes locked onto Alexander."And I am your brother."My chest tightened. My heart stumbled. Alexander's face went blank, as if the ground underneath him had suddenly cracked.A man who had served Jacob. A man with claims to blood ties to Alexander. It seemed impossible, yet his voice was low, shaking at the edges forced me to stop.He took a slow step forward, jaw rigid, voice sharp. "Why did you come here?"James gasped shallowly. "Because Jacob betrayed me. I was faithful to him for over twenty years. I kept sec
Last Updated: 2025-10-02
Chapter: CHAPTER SEVENTY FIVE (Alexander's POV)The warehouse still reeked of dust and iron as the police took Victor away. His curses echoed out long after he was gone, but I hardly noticed. My attention was on Natalie, her shaking hand still grasped in mine, her recorder tight in the other.She had saved me.If she had not followed me, if she had not laid her counter-trap, tonight would have ended differently. I could have been pulled into the shadows and erased, just another victim of Jacob's greed. But instead, I was here, bruised but alive.However, victory was fragile because while Victor was in chains, Jacob had slipped away.Two days later, the cracks started to show.The newspapers painted Victor as a fallen heir, embroiled in conspiracy and crime. The recordings Natalie had obtained circulated like wildfire through the legal community, tightening the noose around his allies. Those who had whispered his name in fear before now spat it in derision.But Jacob’s name never appeared in print.It was as if he
Last Updated: 2025-09-29
Chapter: CHAPTER SEVENTY FOUR(Natalie's POV)The eleven o'clock chime sounded, and stillness in the house pressed down upon me more heavily than ever. Alexander had left an hour before, marching straight into the trap his enemies had been preparing for him. I had begged him not to go alone, but he was too obstinate, too protective. He thought keeping me away from harm was the same as protecting me from harm. He did not understand that the idea of staying at home, doing nothing, was more dangerous to me than walking into fire.I couldn't remain stationary. My fingers shook as I reviewed the evidence yet again: the ledger, the photos, the notes we had pieced back together from my father's old company. I had hidden them away safely, but the documents were not warriors and tonight was not about documents. Tonight was about survival.I grabbed my coat and slipped the small recorder into my pocket. And then, without another moment's consideration, I left the house.The roads felt even colder than they typically did as
Last Updated: 2025-09-29
Chapter: CHAPTER SEVENTY THREE (Alexander's POV)Days after evidence had been found at Natalie's father's old company passed like stretching shadows. There seemed to be danger every minute. I even felt like someone was watching me even when the streets seemed emptied. The silent nights were no longer peaceful, it was waiting.Natalie and I kept the ledger and photos in my study, hidden behind floorboards only I knew how to access. They were more than paper now. They were on fire. Evidence that could burn Jacob, Victor, and everyone associated with them.But fire always draws those who fear being consumed.I received a message on the third.It had not come by phone or even e-mail but by an envelope left at my office door while I wasn't there. The paper was thick and the handwriting was sharp. My name was written in black ink like a scar.Inside, one line:"Stop digging or the woman you fondly love will pay the price."No signature but I didn't need one. The threat carried Jacob's stench all over it.I drove home wit
Last Updated: 2025-09-25
Chapter: CHAPTER SEVENTY TWO(Natalie's POV)The next day after my dad's confession felt heavier than any day I had ever known. The mood in the house seemed weighed down with secrets that would not leave, and silence pressed upon every room. My dad barely touched his breakfast meal, his eyes were distant, as if he remained trapped in the memories of debts, shame, and Jacob's shadow.But Alexander was not like that. He was restless, resolute, like a warrior preparing for war. His eyes did not linger on the past, they looked for a path forward.And I knew, deep within me, that I must follow him.By noon, we were in the vehicle, headed to the empty offices of my father's old company. The building was on the other side of town, wedged between factories and warehouses that had been quiet for years. The building seemed abandoned, but to us, it was a minefield of questions.I gripped Alexander's hand as we stopped before the locked gate. "You really think there is something here?" I whispered.He glared at me, his teeth
Last Updated: 2025-09-24
CONTRACT OF FATE
Billionaire heir Alexander Sterling is tired of his mother’s relentless matchmaking with spoiled socialites. In a desperate move to escape, he proposes a contract marriage to Elena Carter, a struggling waitress he met on a drunken night at a restaurant. She sees it as a golden ticket to cover her mom's medical bills, unaware she’s stepping into a life of cold indifference and relentless torment. Bound for three years, their marriage is filled with icy glares and unspoken pain. But in their second year, a mistake leads to an unexpected pregnancy. Fearful of his wrath and threats of Eleanor, Elena hides the truth, enduring his cruelty in silence. As time passes, Alexander begins to feel something he never expected. But pride keeps him from showing it.
On the verge of the third year, unable to bear the suffering any longer, Elena disappears, presumed dead. Devastated, Alexander is haunted by regret, not knowing she has survived and given birth to their twins. Years later, fate brings them back together this time, as equals.
Wealthy. Independent. A mother of two. Elena is no longer the fragile woman he once controlled. But their reunion is complicated by the arrival of Matteo De Luca, a ruthless Italian billionaire with a vendetta against Alexander and an interest in Elena. With enemies on all sides and unresolved emotions between them, will love conquer all? Or will the past destroy any chance of redemption?
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Chapter: Chapter 29(Elena's POV) The scent of the hospital was as fresh as ever, but today it was more viscous, almost as if it sensed the turmoil in my heart. I held the bunch of daisies more firmly, trying to cling with the dainty, flower scent. Sophie beside me carried a dented tin box filled with daisies' favorite chin-chin, my mum's favorite snack that we used to take home and make from scratch when everything in life was still simple. Behind me, Selena trailed along with a thermos of hot tea and an serene face that would always make me believe I wasn't dissolving, even when I was.I couldn't shake Alexander. Try as I might, the images came back, stronger, darker, and more painful. I did something else, instead. I went to see my mum, not by myself this time. I craved warmth. Familiarity. I needed to inhale something real again."I suppose she's better today," Sophie grumbled as we turned the corner to Room 209. "I brought her that disgusting magazine she's so fond of.""She'll love it," I put a br
Last Updated: 2025-06-01
Chapter: Chapter 29(Elena's POV)There’s an art to moving quietly. I’ve learned that now.Not the quiet of silence, but the tactical sort, the softer breathing, quicker thinking, and longer pretending than any human ever ought. I walk these halls like a specter, gliding by cold walls and colder gazes, always careful never to remain in one place too long.I will be leaving in three weeks.Three weeks, and this house, this prison dressed as a mansion, will be nothing more than a fading shadow in my rearview mirror. I don’t know exactly where I’ll go. But I know I won’t be here. I won’t raise my child within these gilded chains.I slide open the drawer beside my bed and reach beneath the stack of folded scarves. My fingers brush against cool metal, the zipper of the small travel bag I’ve kept hidden for weeks. It's not much. A few clothes, my late mother's rosary, some cash I’ve scraped together. I’ve been hiding money the way a starving woman hides crumbs: desperately, secretly, clinging to hope.I keep t
Last Updated: 2025-05-05
Chapter: Chapter 27Elena’s POVI stood in the shower, motionless as the water hits my skin, each drop a reminder of my thoughts. How did I let this happen?The night keeps replaying in my head like a broken video player. His touch, His lips. The look in his eyes when he took me to the room and entered me. I wasn't in control, He was. We were both in our right state of mind not under alcohol influence but just two people wanting to feel each other. I can still remember the way my heart fluttered under his stare or the way I pleaded with him to feel him inside me.I lean forward, resting my forehead on the arm, water dripping from my chin. At that moment, I thought there was hope for us, for me and just maybe he would finally accept me but then he shut me down as usual. I slept in his arms, he held on to me throughout the night and just like That, he shattered my heart in less than a second.I didn't say anything or try to fight against what he said. I accepted it because he was right, it didn't mean an
Last Updated: 2025-04-19
Chapter: Chapter 26Alexander’s POVThe sun filtered in through the curtains, pulling me out of my dream.Then reality came crashing back.I blinked slowly, adjusting to the light. The weight against my chest moved. Her hand. Small, warm. Her leg still tangled with mine under the blanket.Elena.The memories from the night before rushed to me like a wave I hadn’t prepared for. The way she had kissed me. The softness of her lips. The way her body had responded to every touch. Her eyes wide, tear-streaked, and somehow still full of trust.What the hell was I doing?I shouldn’t have touched her.And yet I had. Over and over. With so much desperation than I cared to admit.My hands on her body, feeling and touching every inch of her. It wasn’t supposed to happen. None of it.I was tired. Vulnerable. I let my guard slip. For a moment, just one damn moment, I allowed myself to feel something. And I let her in.Which was Stupid of me.Now I had made a big mistake.I slowly shifted, trying not to wake her. Her
Last Updated: 2025-04-18
Chapter: Chapter 25Elena’s POVThe lights, the laughter, the music, It had all gone blurry the moment Victoria poured that drink on me. It hadn't just ruined my dress, it exposed me, made me feel small and vulnerable.I knew she did it on purpose.It wasn't just the embarrassment. It was the humiliation I felt. The fact that no one stepped in. Not even my own husband, Alexnader tried to stand up for me. At least If Sophie was here, She would have stood up for me.I ran without looking back, I didn't know where I was running to but I just had to leave that place and so I ran.my heart was pounding, my face burned with heat as I pushed open the guesthouse door and slammed it behind me. It was the closest door to me.I sank to the floor, the torn fabric if my dress packed around my legs. My arms still clutching it to my body to keep what little dignity I had left. I felt small, so small and ashamed. I was alone in that moment.I buried my face in my hands and let the tears fall freely.This wasn't a life. T
Last Updated: 2025-04-18
Chapter: Chapter 24Alexander’s POVToday is the day of the annual ball which we hold once every year. It was a big event for the sterling empire, a celebration of how far we have come. Reymond started this tradition but after he was gone, it lived on.Eleanor always made sure she decorated everything to her satisfaction. The Sterling mansion had never looked more expensive.That wasn't a compliment. All the chandeliers were polished and sparkling, the staircase was wrapped in golden vines, and roses, white and red lined every inch of the hall like it was a royal coronation. The place was glowing. Eleanor outdid herself. Again.Last time, She was the one that planned it and it was exquisite. After the gala, people talked about how organised and fancy everything was from the decorations to the food. Eleanor lived for all those talks, that was why she made sure she was the one to decorate every year.I stood at the top of the staircase, watching the staff as they rushed to do one thing or the other. S
Last Updated: 2025-04-16
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