All Chapters of THE BILLIONAIRE WANTS ME : Chapter 1 - Chapter 3

The first time Elena Hayes decided to quit her job, she was standing outside the office of the most infuriating man she had ever met, holding a resignation letter she had rewritten seventeen times.The eighteenth version was short.Professional.And, in her opinion, a masterpiece of restraint.If she had written what she truly felt, the letter would have begun with Dear Mr. Blackwood, I hope your billions keep you warm at night because your personality certainly doesn't.Unfortunately, rent did not accept sarcasm as payment.Elena exhaled, straightened her cream blouse and glanced at the time on her phone.8:42 a.m.Mr. Adrian Blackwood had arrived twelve minutes ago. He had already rejected two calls, demanded a revised financial report and sent her three emails about a presentation that was not scheduled until the following week.Three emails.For one presentation.The man was either a perfectionist or a clinically fascinating case study in unnecessary suffering.Possibly both.Elen

By the time Elena got home that evening, she had read Adrian Blackwood's proposal so many times that she could almost recite it from memory.She had also developed a strong dislike for the words marriage arrangement.They sounded harmless on paper. Almost professional.As if she were agreeing to attend a business conference rather than marry a man who could make her blood pressure rise simply by saying her name.She dropped her handbag on the sofa and placed the folder on the small dining table.Then she walked away from it.Five minutes later, she returned."This is ridiculous," she muttered.She opened the folder again.The payment was still there. So were the details of the arrangement, the proposed duration of the marriage and the conditions Adrian expected her to follow.One year.Twelve months of living with him, attending family events, appearing beside him in public and pretending that their relationship was real.Twelve months of looking at Adrian Blackwood across a breakfast