Contemporary のウェブ小説 & Intelligent Contract Marriage ストーリー

"In twenty-four hours, Anya Sterling went from being the genius chief architect of the city's most anticipated AI software to a disgraced pariah. On the night of her engagement, she caught her fiancé, Julian Vance, in the arms of her stepsister—only to realize they had systematically stolen her life's work and framed her for corporate espionage. Cast out into a freezing rainstorm, penniless and blacklisted, Anya is faced with two choices: succumb to ruin, or sign a pact with the devil himself. Enter Devon Vance. The enigmatic, ruthless, and untouchable Chairman of Vortex Holdings—and Julian’s ultimate nightmare. He needs a transactional wife for 365 days to secure his corporate throne; she needs a legal war chest to burn her enemies to ash. The contract is signed. The terms are strictly professional. But as Devon shields her from the world with obsessive protectiveness, Anya realizes that the most dangerous part of her revenge isn't breaking the Vance family... it's surviving the unyielding gaze of the Alpha CEO."

After a drunken one-night stand with a mysterious stranger, brilliant young researcher Julia Reid returns home only to discover that her family has arranged to marry her off to an elderly billionaire in exchange for financial salvation. Refusing to become a bargaining chip, Julia comes up with a desperate plan: find a stranger willing to marry her first. When fate reunites her with the handsome man from that unforgettable night, what begins as a marriage of convenience soon entangles them in secrets, family betrayal, ambition, and an unexpected love neither of them saw coming.

“If I could not escape in peace as the victim, then this time, I would be the executioner. This time… I would kill him first.” Forced into a marriage of convenience to secure the Sinclair family’s billion-dollar inheritance, Julia spends ten years trapped with a cold and unfaithful husband. On the very day she is finally supposed to be free, she is betrayed, humiliated… and murdered by her own husband and his lover. But she wakes up on her wedding day. Protected by an amulet passed down through the women of her family, she relives the same cycle for the third time. In her previous attempts, running away and submitting did not prevent her death. Now, Julia decides to change the rules: instead of trying to survive, she will seek revenge. Colder and more dangerous, Julia begins manipulating the Sinclair power games while growing closer to Caleb, her husband’s best friend, the only man who ever treated her as a choice rather than an obligation. Scarred by deep trauma, Julia struggles to trust again, while Caleb slowly wins her over with respect, consistency, and loyalty. Amid love triangles, betrayals, family secrets, and premeditated murder, Julia plans to destroy Michael, frame his lover, and bring down the empire that imprisoned her. But the greatest choice will not be revenge. It will be allowing herself to love again.

On discovering that his contract wife, Valkyrie, had leaked the documents that ruined his main energy company, the Australian billionaire investor Kaelen Vance throws her out into the rain in Melbourne, giving her only a single suitcase. However, Kaelen does not realise that Valkyrie was made to take the blame by his manipulative mother, Victoria, who had threatened to switch off the life support for Valkyrie's sister Chloe, who is bedridden. Four years later, Kaelen sets about tracking down the rogue trading company that has been quietly purchasing controlling shares in his empire and ends up tracing the IP address to a remote coastal town on the Great Ocean Road. There he finds Valkyrie with a sharp four-year-old boy who has his unmistakable silver eyes. Having discovered that she is innocent, Kaelen buys the entire town, makes himself her landlord, and then launches a fierce campaign to win her back. Yet Valkyrie has built an iron shield around her heart, compelling the arrogant tycoon to tear down his own family lineage to prove his devotion.

"Sign the paper, Evelyn. Six months. Five hundred thousand dollars. No feelings involved." Desperate to pay for her sister’s life-saving Swiss medical treatments, Evelyn accepts a cold contract marriage with Julian Vance—the ruthless billionaire CEO of Vance Enterprises. To the public, she is his elegant society bride. Behind closed doors, she is just a temporary business arrangement. But when a ruthless corporate enemy frames Evelyn for leaking a $100M project blueprint, Julian does the unthinkable: he publicly suspends her to satisfy his corrupt board, while privately starting a high-stakes war to protect her. Caught between a rejected, envious heiress, a traitorous uncle, and a lethal corporate alliance, Evelyn stops playing the victim. Armed with dark secrets and covert recordings, she steps directly into the lion’s den—not just to clear her name, but to save the empire of the man who secretly gave her his heart.

"You aren't going to Geneva to fight a legal war, my love," he whispered, framing her cheek with his broad palm, his dark blue eyes burning with an absolute, terrifying conviction. "You are going to Geneva to watch me execute a corporate execution." Architect Evelyn Bennett signed a corporate marriage contract with Alexander Vance the terrifying, unyielding Chairman of Vance Enterprises for one reason: to protect her late father's legacy from absolute ruin. She expected cold balance sheets, ruthless board meetings, and a husband made of ice. She didn't expect the fierce, intoxicating devotion of a man who would burn down empires to keep her safe. When a bitter ghost from Evelyn's past resurfaces with forged debt notes and a multi-billion-dollar legal snare designed to strip her of her life's work, her enemies make one fatal mistake, they assume she is standing alone. Can Evelyn and Alexander dismantle a global conspiracy before it destroys everything they’ve built, or will the shadows of the past shatter their fragile sanctuary? Find out in The Vance Legacy, an explosive story of power, revenge, protective devotion, and an unbreakable love that defies the odds.

Claire Whitman spent two years fighting to save her dying father’s company. Then billionaire investor Weston Cole takes it from her and offers her one brutal way to get it back. "Marry me for eight weeks, and your father’s legacy survives". With no other choice, Claire becomes the billionaire’s contract wife, determined to hate the man the media calls a predator. But Weston isn't the monster she expected. Behind his ruthless reputation is a man who becomes dangerously protective of her, while hidden records reveal his hostile takeover may have been a secret rescue—and Claire's trusted mentor may be the real enemy. Then Weston's ex-fiancée returns with a secret capable of destroying his empire and their marriage just days before the merger vote. When a leaked scandal threatens everything, Weston makes a shocking decision on live television: He publicly declares that his marriage to Claire was nothing but a business deal. Claire believes every word. But she doesn't know the truth. Weston lied to save her life—and the real enemy has just made his first move.

To save her dying father and pay off his astronomical medical bills, Evelyn Vance agrees to a loveless contract marriage with Lucian Blackwood—the ruthless, feared "Tyrant of the Capital." ​To the world, Evelyn is just a fragile, helpless blind bride brought into a dark empire as a pawn. Her greedy stepmother and treacherous stepbrother think she is easily manipulated, while Lucian's jealous inner circle views her as useless. ​But they all made one dangerous mistake. ​When Evelyn lost her sight two years ago, her hearing became hyper-acute. She can hear the faintest whispers through thick doors, track heartbeat fluctuations in a lie, and decode encrypted phone calls from across a room. ​While her enemies scheme in the dark, Evelyn hears every betrayal, every corporate plot, and every dirty secret before they even strike. And as her cold, dangerous husband plays a deadly game of chess with the underworld, he has no idea that his "helpless" bride is listening to his every command—and orchestrating her own brilliant revenge right beside him.

Isabella Sinclair was supposed to marry the man she loved, but on her wedding day, he abandoned her at the altar for her stepsister. What a disgraceful ending for a woman who had given him everything! But Isabella knows something nobody else does. She has transmigrated into the body of a villainess from a romance novel she once read, and she remembers how the original Isabella’s obsession with her unfaithful fiancé eventually destroys her life. She loses her reputation, her inheritance, her family, and ultimately, her life. This time, she refuses to become a victim of someone else’s betrayal. When her father offers her a marriage arrangement with Damien Blackwood, a powerful billionaire known for his ruthless business dealings and mysterious private life, Isabella accepts. She doesn’t know that her new husband is confined to a wheelchair following a devastating accident. Damien wants a wife who will respect his privacy and stay out of his affairs. Isabella wants financial freedom and a chance to rewrite her destiny. Their marriage is supposed to be nothing more than a convenient arrangement. But Damien’s accident hides a dangerous secret, and his family is filled with people who would rather see him dead than allow him to retain his power. As old enemies resurface and unexpected feelings develop, Isabella must decide how far she is willing to go to protect the man she never expected to love. Can a marriage built on convenience survive betrayal, hidden secrets, and a love neither of them planned for?

Forced to marry the billionaire cousin brother of her boyfriend, Lila watches her life fall apart—and ends up tangled in a marriage she never wanted, with a man who refuses to let her go.

The night I caught my boyfriend cheating, I never imagined I’d end up in the arms of a stranger. I thought it was one reckless night I could bury and forget—until he walked into my office three days later as the new CEO. Henry Kingsley was cold, powerful, dangerously charming, and the last man I should ever want. Because he wasn’t just my boss. He was my ex-boyfriend’s half brother. Then I discovered I was pregnant with his child, and the man I swore I’d never see again offered me a marriage contract I couldn’t easily refuse. What starts as an arrangement soon becomes something neither of us can control, but the closer I get to Henry, the more I realize there is something deeply wrong with the family he came from. If loving him means becoming part of a family built on lies, how much will I have to lose before I discover the truth?

Amelia Ryker has lived her life as the Alpha’s daughter so imagine her shock when she is mated to her brother Aiden. This singular action reveals a hidden family secret which is that Amelia is not the Ryker’s child. She was dropped on their steps as a baby but the whereabouts of her parents are unknown. Ripped away from the life she has known, Amelia makes a drunken decision and has a one night stand with none other than the notorious lycan king. The consequences of her actions come to bite her in the ass when he declares that the only way he wants her. Amelia is sold to Darius for a meager peace treaty. Sharing four walls with the lycan king Amelia realizes that there is more to him than what she might have originally thought including a secret that has the power to change all their fates. She starts to wonder how someone as simple as her could have gotten entangled in so many webs, but then again, is there really anything simple about her?

She barged into the wrong elevator and changed his whole life. Keegan Blackwood is the reclusive billionaire no one dares to approach. They call him cold, ruthless, untouchable, but the truth is far darker, he is deadly allergic to human touch as one brush of skin against his can send him into excruciating pain. Until Nara Quinn. The bold, fiery beauty who refused to fear him and the only woman whose touch doesn’t destroy him. Now she’s his new assistant and the only person who can get close without breaking him. But time is running out, because a clause in his parents’ will demands he marries before turning thirty, or he loses his entire empire. Everyone expects him to marry the elegant Isabella Langford. Instead, the untouchable billionaire makes a dangerous offer to Nara Quinn: A contract marriage. One year. Her rules. His control. She gets everything she could ever want. He gets the only woman he can touch. But in a game of power, obsession, and forbidden desire… some contracts are impossible to walk away from.

She needed a groom to save her inheritance, he needed an escape from past that refused to let him go. Neither expected their paths to cross again, Isabella has spent years struggling to protect the inheritance her late parents left behind. But her brother's recklessness plunges her into a mountain of debt owed to Victor Blackwell, a notorious and ruthless man whose greed knows no limits. Victor doesn't just want her property; he wants Isabella, convinced that marrying her will give him complete control over her inheritance, he proposes marriage, when she refuses, he threatens to take everything she owns. Desperate to escape his demands, Isabella claims she is already engaged, despite having no groom. With only a few days to find someone willing to play the part, fate leads her to Adrian Valdez, a wealthy, intelligent Spanish businessman who arrives in Montclair to inspect a piece of land and escape the troubles haunting his family. Isabella approaches him with an unusual proposition, he agrees to help, but only on one condition. After their unexpected wedding and honeymoon, Adrian disappears without a trace the following morning, leaving Isabella with unanswered questions. Months later, Isabella becomes a business partner with Adrian's company. Their paths cross again, but the man who once became her temporary groom doesn't even recognise her. To Adrian, she is just another business partner. To Isabella, he is the stranger who once held the key to her freedom, Adrian's return is only the beginning of a dangerous game, His forgotten past, a marriage he cannot escape, the secrets surrounding his family threaten to destroy everything he has built. when Isabella thinks she has finally secured her future, she may discover that becoming Adrian's temporary bride was the beginning of a promise neither of them was supposed to remember.

Serena Voss walked into Nate Calloway's office to beg for more time on a loan. She walked out as his fiancée. The deal was simple. Sixty days, one role to play, and every debt her family owed would disappear. No feelings. No complications. Just business. But Nate had been looking for her for ten years. And Serena had no idea why. The more time they spend together the harder it becomes to pretend. But when secrets buried between their families long before either of them were born come tearing into the open, Serena starts to wonder if any of it was ever really her choice — or if she was always just the last piece of a plan someone else made decades ago.

Ellie never wanted this marriage. Jayden made it clear he never wanted her. A cold house. A colder husband. A family that looked her in the eye and made her wish she was invisible instead. Her dream awaits her. She told herself she could survive it. She had before. But surviving Jayden was a different thing entirely. She hated him. He couldn't stand her. So why couldn't either of them stop? Between the hatred, the challenges that kept coming and the conspiracies working against them from every direction they were never supposed to make it. Just when things start to shift between them, everything falls apart. The real reason she was chosen comes to light. The secret behind their marriage. The betrayal that had been there from the very beginning. The hidden secret of her family and her new home. She was signed to him with the vow. Love was never part of the deal. Or was it?