Everything in Amelia Hart’s life came crashing down the day her father’s company went bankrupt. Left with piles of debt, a sick younger brother, and no clear way out, she walked into the office of the cold, ruthless billionaire CEO she worked for—Lucas Stone—with nothing to lose and a desperate plea in her eyes. Except… “I have a proposition,” Lucas said, his voice cold and commanding. He slid a document across the table. “A contract marriage. Six months. You get the money to save your family. I get what I want.” His gaze dropped to her trembling fingers. “You’re just my assistant, Amelia. Don’t think for a second this makes you worthy.” “But still, Mr. Stone,” I replied, holding back my tears. “I’ll marry you, and I’ll keep to your terms.” His cruel smile widened. “You just signed your soul away, Miss Hart.” But what neither of them expected… was the night that changed everything. And the test that came back positive. She’s pregnant… for her boss.
View MoreThe Walls Begin to CrackThe moment Amelia dropped the truth like a grenade, Lucas did what he did best—hide.He didn’t run. He didn’t yell. He didn’t even flinch.He simply walked past her like she hadn’t just flipped both their worlds upside down with three words:“I’m pregnant, Lucas.”She stood there long after he disappeared into his study, the positive test still clutched in her shaking hand, her chest heavy with a mixture of dread and disbelief.He didn’t demand a DNA test.He didn’t accuse her of tricking him.He didn’t do anything.And that, somehow, was worse.⸻Amelia barely slept that night.Her thoughts spun into chaos. Every time she closed her eyes, she pictured the way he looked—calm, unreadable, untouchable.How could he be so cold?How could she have been so stupid?⸻Across the penthouse, Lucas stood in front of his liquor cabinet with a glass of whiskey he hadn’t touched. The amber liquid caught the moonlight like liquid fire, but he didn’t drink it.He stared at i
The Night We Should’ve Never HadThe storm came without warning.One minute the sky over Manhattan was calm, and the next, thunder cracked across the clouds like a warning shot. The gala had ended, the limo was waiting, but Lucas didn’t say a word to Amelia during the drive back.The silence between them was no longer cold—it was electric.Amelia sat stiffly in her seat, heart racing from the encounter with Gabriel. His words haunted her. Lucas doesn’t do anything without a reason. He was right. There was something Lucas wasn’t telling her. A deeper motive. A hidden card. And it terrified her.But what terrified her more… was the way her body responded when he was near.⸻By the time they returned to the penthouse, the storm was in full force. Rain lashed the windows like wild fingers trying to get in. Lightning lit up the skyline in jagged flashes.Amelia headed straight to her bedroom.At least, she meant to.“Don’t go,” Lucas’s voice cut through the hallway behind her. He was stand
Strangers in the Same HouseAmelia woke to the cold silence of the penthouse.She wasn’t used to silence. Back in her family’s tiny apartment, life was always loud. Her father’s grumbling. Tyler’s cartoons playing too loud in the next room. Even the occasional argument from the neighbors upstairs. But here… it was so still, it felt like the air had frozen in place.The luxury of the mattress beneath her felt too soft, too foreign. She hadn’t slept so much as drifted in and out of restlessness, her mind plagued by dreams that didn’t belong to her—dreams of city lights, cold gray eyes, and golden contracts sealed in desperation.She glanced around the room again. Nothing had changed.Too white. Too perfect. Too… soulless.Like him.Amelia took a long breath and pulled the sheets off. It was time to face the day, even if it meant seeing him again. Lucas Stone. The man she’d married only hours ago, but who still felt like a stranger—no, a threat.She opened the walk-in closet and froze.E
The Contracted BrideThe sound of the pen scratching across the paper felt louder than it should’ve been, like a storm ripping through silence. Amelia’s hand trembled as she signed her name on the dotted line at the bottom of the blue document.Amelia Grace Hart.That signature marked the beginning of something she never imagined—not in her wildest nightmares. Not even when she had lain awake at night, wondering how much worse things could get. She was no longer just a desperate sister or a broken daughter. She had just signed her soul away to the coldest man she’d ever met.Lucas Stone.The billionaire CEO. Her ex-boss. And now—her contract husband.She laid the pen down and looked up, her heart pounding.Lucas, leaning against the edge of his desk, studied her with unreadable eyes. He didn’t smile. He didn’t blink. It was as though he were watching a transaction go through at the stock exchange, not agreeing to take a woman as his wife.“Effective immediately,” he said, his tone dry
The Breaking PointThe fluorescent lights in the hospital corridor buzzed overhead, casting a cold glow on the cracked tiles beneath Amelia Hart’s worn-out sneakers. She’d been standing there for over an hour, arms tightly wrapped around her chest as though shielding herself from a storm that had long since swept through her life.“Miss Hart?” a nurse called gently, pushing open the door to the waiting room. Amelia’s eyes snapped up, bloodshot from exhaustion. “Your brother’s test results just came in. The doctor would like to speak with you.”Her throat tightened. She nodded, following the nurse like a ghost, her limbs moving on instinct rather than purpose. The doctor stood near the hospital bed where her younger brother, Tyler, lay asleep, IVs plugged into his fragile arms. He looked even smaller beneath the white sheets, his once vibrant face pale and hollow.The doctor cleared his throat. “The tumor is growing faster than we anticipated. Surgery is critical now, not later. We can
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