Z. Flora
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.
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