LOGIN"Who the hell are you?!" yelled Rachel Clarke (28) when she woke up in the morning to find herself all naked with a man snoring softly beside her. "I'm your future husband, have you forgotten what happened last night?" said the man beside her with his eyes half-closed. Since that day, Rachel's life has changed 180 degrees. Suddenly she had to marry a young, self-made billionaire named Nicholas Anthony just because of a ridiculous agreement she signed when she was drunk.
View More“Who are you chatting with?” Nicholas asked, breaking the comfortable silence that had settled around them.They were having dinner together on the plane, the soft clinking of cutlery and the low hum of the engines filling the background. They had already been in the air for nine hours. According to the digital screen on the wall, they still had a long way to go before they would land in Indonesia.Rachel looked up from her phone. “Someone,” she replied lightly. “Even if I tell you his name, you won’t know him.”She dropped her gaze and continued typing.Chatting with Andrew Parker was… fun. He had a sense of humor almost identical to hers—sarcastic, a bit dramatic, and absurdly random. Most of their messages were about movies, food, and stupid daily things. She carefully avoided any topics that even smelled like romance or relationships. The last thing she wanted was to accidentally flirt when she was only using him as a distraction.She smiled as she typed another reply.Suddenly, N
Rachel's face turned red, it felt like she wanted the earth to swallow her right then and there. She could have avoided it, but deep down inside her heart, she wanted Nicholas to know what was in she felt."Rachel?!" snapped Nicholas craving for an answer.“Fuck, YES! I do! I'm falling in love with you!” Rachel answered quickly, she didn't know where she got the courage from but clearly expressing her feelings for Nicholas was able to lighten the load in her heart.In her head she was counting to three, waiting for Nicholas' reaction who might scream and scold her but until a minute later, nothing came out of his mouth."What is it? Why are you silent?” Rachel asked confused.Nicholas took a deep breath, "Why?" he asked, looking at Rachel for an answer."Why? What? What do you mean why?” Rachel became even more confused.“Explain to me why you fell in love with me even after you found out how broken I was inside?” his voice was a little hoarse when he asked that.Rachel almost choked
Rachel spent the entire car ride to the airport lost in her thoughts, her gaze fixed outside the tinted window while her mind spun with questions. Nicholas had said he “lost a bet with himself”—whatever that meant—and she couldn’t stop replaying it. What kind of bet? Why had he sounded so strange afterward? And why did he look out the window like he was trying to hide something?Her chest squeezed as she tried to decipher it, but the more she tried to guess, the more confused she became.The limousine slowed to a stop, and before Rachel could gather her thoughts, the door swung open. One of Nicholas’s guards stood waiting.“Come on down,” Nicholas said casually.Rachel blinked. Then her jaw dropped. “Am I going to fly to Nihi Sumba in this wedding dress?!”Nicholas snorted. “Of course not. You’ll change on the plane. I already prepared clothes for you.”She stared at him. “You?”“Well… I mean, my staff. Same difference.” He flicked his chin toward the door. “Hurry up.”Rachel grumbled
Rachel’s eyes widened so much she thought they might pop out of her skull. For a split, insane moment she almost opened her mouth to shout across the hall, to demand Trey Cole explain what he was doing there, arm-in-arm with Julia of all people. But before she could do anything reckless, her father gently but firmly tightened his grip on her arm and nudged her forward, forcing her to keep walking down the aisle toward the altar.The music kept playing as if nothing were wrong, as if the sight of Julia and Trey wasn’t a bomb dropping in the middle of the ceremony. Rachel’s heart pounded so loudly she could barely hear the melody. Up ahead, Nicholas stood waiting—straight-backed, composed, his expression unreadable. The chaos in the room, the whispered speculation, the presence of his ex… none of it seemed to shake him.They reached the front. Rachel’s father let go of her slowly, and turned to Nicholas with solemn eyes. He reached for Nicholas’s arm and gripped it tightly.“Nicholas, I
“Of course that’s not gonna happen!” Rachel replied with an airy laugh, patting Nicholas on the back as if his harsh words hadn’t stung her at all. Her heart felt like it had been pricked with needles, but she forced the brightest smile she could manage.Then suddenly—“Stop! Stop!” she blurted.Nic
“What do you mean?” Rachel asked, raising one eyebrow skeptically.Nicholas didn’t hesitate. “Take off your clothes. I’m going to paint you, completely naked, not a single thread covering your body. Think of it as a wedding gift from me,” he said lightly, as if he’d just asked her to pass the salt.
Nicholas moved closer to Rachel,"Why do you care? Shouldn't you be afraid of me because that's how Julia reacted when I told her that I've killed my father," he said in bewilderment. Rachel gulped, actually, she didn't know the answer."Don't talk about me, it's about you and your reputation, just
“What are you doing you here?” asked Nicholas stiffly, while Rachel next to him struggled to avoid her parents' gazes. In front of them, Julia smiled weakly in her wheelchair.“Just wanted to visit you guys, isn't that what a friend usually does?” she answered lightly as if they were indeed close f


















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