Sharon Bliss
She married a billionaire to save her family but she never expected to fall for the wrong man.
Twenty year old Elena Marlowe had one choice when her family’s debts threaten to take everything they own: marry Victor Ashbourne, a powerful fifty year old billionaire.
Their marriage is simple. Victor clears her family’s debts, and Elena becomes his wife. There was no love and definitely no expectations. Just a contract.
But living in the Ashbourne mansion is anything but simple. Victor’s seventeen year old daughters, Clara and Vivienne, resent Elena and make it clear she will never replace their mother.
Then Adrian Ashbourne comes home. Victor’s handsome nephew is charming, attentive, and completely forbidden. Elena knows she should stay away, but their attraction grows into secret meetings and feelings neither can easily control.
Then Elena discovers Adrian is engaged. Heartbroken, she tries to end their relationship, but Adrian insists that his feelings for her are real.
While Elena is caught between guilt and desire, Victor begins seeing his wife differently. The woman he married for convenience slowly becomes someone he wants beside him for reasons that have nothing to do with their contract.
Just when Elena thinks she understands the complicated relationships around her, Adrian’s true intentions come to light.
His love was never real, he was using her as part of a plan connected to Patricia, Victor’s bitter ex wife.
With her trust shattered, Elena finally turns to the one person she betrayed: Victor.
But forgiveness comes with a choice.
Can Elena let go of the man she thought she loved and finally see the husband who never stopped protecting her?
Because sometimes, the love you never planned for is the love that stays.
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