All Chapters of ENTANGLED MARRIAGE : Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

Jason’s POVWhen she entered the restaurant, I froze. Her hair—silky and perfect. Her eyes—captivating. Her lashes framed them like art, her lips were plump and tempting, her curves... flawless. Her smile was charming, and for a second, I forgot how to breathe.I tried to push her out of my head at the office, but it didn’t work.Jace strolled in, lightly tapping my shoulder.“Hey, baby bro,” he teased.“And how exactly am I your baby brother?” I asked dryly.“Because I’m five minutes older than you.”I chuckled. “You’re ridiculous.”“So... how was your date?”“Cool,” I said flatly.“What do you mean cool? Tell me more! Was she beautiful? Did you like her?”“Stop asking so many questions, Jace. Just leave me alone.”“I’m not leaving until you talk.”I sighed, exasperated. “Fine. She’s beautiful, alright? Beyond beautiful. Happy now?”He grinned. “Nope. Tell me more.”“You’ve met her before.”“Wait—what? Where?”“Well... once you meet her again, you’ll know.”He raised a brow. “Now I’m

I got dressed and drove to the restaurant where Jason and I had planned to meet. A part of me was still curious about what my mom had wanted to tell me earlier, but she clearly wasn’t ready to open up. When I entered the restaurant, I didn’t see Jason anywhere. I scanned the room, feeling slightly uneasy, before finally taking a seat. Just as I picked up my phone to call him, the door opened. There he was — Jason — looking as handsome as ever. I caught myself staring dreamily before quickly regaining composure. “Hi, Miss Alexa,” he greeted with a small smile. “I’m sorry for keeping you waiting. I had a meeting to attend.” “It’s fine,” I replied. “I only just got here myself.” He called for a waiter and ordered some food, his calm confidence filling the air between us. “You look stunning,” he said, his gaze soft yet unreadable. I smiled faintly. “You don’t look bad yourself.” After a short pause, he continued, “I’d love for you to come to my mom’s birthday and wedding annivers

ALEXA'S POV“So you’re trying to tell me that you know each other?” Jason asked, confusion flickering across his face.“Yes,” my mom and his mom chorused.“Yeah,” Austin and Jennifer said, stealing glances at each other.“How?” I asked curiously.“Well… when I was back in university, I had two friends, Katey and Susan. We were best of friends, always seen together all the time. But we were separated because of a certain issue, and we lost contact since then,” Mrs. Leonard said.“That kind of explains better… So, Jennifer?” I turned my gaze to her.“Um… well, well…” Jennifer stammered nervously.“I and Jennifer were once in a relationship,” Austin said.“When?... where?” I asked anxiously.“England. Remember I once travelled to England for some things?” Austin replied.“But Jennifer happened to be in Germany,” Jason cut in immediately.“Erm… I travelled to England with my friends for some months. So I came across Austin and we dated for a few months before we broke up due to some issue

“Alexa, you have to get married to Jason,” my mom said.“Why?!” I exclaimed loudly.“Something’s up, and you really need to get married to him.”“Is it because of the people after my inheritance and our companies, Mom? I’ll be okay. I can protect myself—my brothers are there for me too. I don’t need to get married to that jerk,” I said, frowning.“You’ll have to endure that jerk’s attitude. I know you’re calling him a jerk, but he seems like a good guy. I saw his affection for you that day—at the party.”“Mom, that was just pretense!” I blurted out before realizing what I’d said.“What?” she exclaimed.I froze. It took me a few seconds to process what had just come out of my mouth.“What do you mean?” she pressed again.“Mom, the affection was pretense. We both agreed to deceive you and his mom. We wanted you to think we were in a serious relationship, which we obviously aren’t. It was just for the meantime—until we figured out how to break it off.”“I can’t believe you, Alexa. You we