LOGIN"Marry my son, Nathaniel Hargrave and after three years divorce him and leave. You can't have children with him." Nathaniel's mother Jessica said to Ava. Jessica manipulated Ava Collins into a contract marriage with her son who is a Playboy. Blogger and YouTuber Ava Collins is forced into a three-year contract marriage with billionaire playboy Nathaniel Hargrave after her family secretly accepts billions from his cold, manipulative mother to save their failing business. What's worse? Ava must marry Nathaniel despite their mutual hatred. Thrown into a world of power, wealth, and deception, Ava faces more than just a fake marriage. A green flag longtime crush, a stalker, exes, the media and the twisted dynamics of the rich world which threaten to unravel everything. As sparks fly and unexpected feelings grow, Ava must confront the one question she never thought she’d ask: When the three years are up... will she still divorce Nathaniel Hargrave?
View MoreI knelt down, ignoring the spike of pain in my stabbed shoulder. “Caleb,” I whispered, my voice was stable and thick. “Stay with your mummy for now.” I looked into his innocent face, seeing the child I would have had with someone else…with Ava if things were better. “I’ll always make sure you’re okay. I promise”. Miranda’s eyes lit up with a predatory triumph, thinking I was yielding, but I didn't look at her. I stood up, turned my back everyone in the room and rushed for the exit. I drove home in silence. Upon getting into the hargrave mansion. I heard the sound of my sisters chatting and laughing together. I marched towards that direction. “Nathaniel, you’re home?” Clara said. “After that funny stunt he pulled…playing hero for Ava after you went all lega and divorce…” Christy laughed. “Christy stop.” Clara gave her the stare. I gave her a death glare then faced Clara. “I love Ava and now she’s gone.” “Love? Nathaniel? I thought she betrayed you and you hated her?” Clar
Nathaniel’s POVI slammed the car door with a force that sent a jagged spike of pain through my left shoulder, where Jessica’s maid’s knife had bit deep into my flesh but I didn't care. I ignored the warmth of fresh blood seeping into my bandages and I ran toward the main entrance of the Hargrave Group headquarters. Getting there, I realized that I was too late. The lobby was a graveyard of camera tripods, tangled cables, and dispersing reporters who whispered my name up and down, looking all excited about the news they just got.The giant monitors in the hall still showed a replay of the broadcast. My mother, or should I say fake mother… Jessica, wore that picture-perfect "Matriarch" mask…she had always been that way…all smiles and calculated grace…while Miranda stood behind her, holding Caleb as if he were a trophy of my supposed surrender to her. The "show" was over. In the time it had taken me to force a doctor to treat Ava and bandage my own wounds, Jessica had publicly execute
Should I really take the offer and leave? This thought kept ringing in my head.The room became quiet.Jessica's voice started echoing inside my head."...Nathaniel Hargrave's divorce from Ava Collins will proceed as planned...""...Miranda and Nathaniel Hargrave will be married..."Every word felt like a knife piercing through my chest. I sat on the hospital bed without moving.My hand slowly rested on my stomach.For some reason the little life inside me suddenly felt more real than ever. My baby…the only person who is completely innocent in all this.Priscilla sat beside me while Angela stood near the window. However neither of them spoke.What was there to say?Nathaniel had just stood in this room, looked me in the eyes, promised me everything, promised to make things right and then…. And then left.Again.The Hargrave family called and he went running. Everything I have faced until now is because of his whole Hargrave family title.My lips curved into a bitter smile.A knock su
“Who? Nathaniel who?” I asked immediately as I stepped closer.Everyone in the room stared at him. Nathaniel was still looking at the laptop screen. His expression had become strange.David moved closer. “Nathaniel.”Still no answer.Priscilla walked over to my side. “Sister, what did he see?”Nathaniel finally blinked. Then he slowly looked up. “Zoom in.”The security staff quickly obeyed. The footage became clearer. The fake nurse had reached the parking exit. She looked around carefully before pulling off her face mask. My eyes widened.“That woman…”Priscilla gasped. “Wait…isn't she…”Nathaniel's jaw tightened hard. “Jessica's private maid.”Angela frowned immediately. “Jessica's what?”“The woman has been working at the Hargrave mansion for years,” Nathaniel said coldly.I looked at him. My chest suddenly felt heavy. Jessica again? Everything somehow always circled back to Jessica.David narrowed his eyes. “That means whoever sent her had access to the Hargrave family.”Nathaniel
Ava's POVDavid finally turned around, his expression wasn't good. "Why the hell I found out that your marriage is fake? That it’s a contract? That you’ll divorce Nathaniel in three years?"My eyes went wide open. Only Jessica, Angela and Priscilla knew about this, so wh
Ava’s POVThe fortune-teller didn’t speak right away. Her fingers shuffled the cards with precision, like she'd done it a thousand times in her sleep. The way she moved was too calm.Nathaniel gave an exaggerated sigh behind the camera but I ignored him."You carry a loud beauty,” the old woman sa
Ava’s POV"James Hayes." I replied Nathaniel, trying to figure out what he was about to use the name for.I watched as Nathaniel repeated the name and ended the call, his whole body looked tensed up. The room was quiet, I didn't say a word, he just stared out the win
Ava’s POVThe week after the interview felt like a slow-motion car crash. Not because Nathaniel and I were fighting, we were way past fighting. We were in full Cold War mode.Jessica handled PR related issues while forcing us to post lovey-dovey pictures and videos. 












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