First-Person POV Romance Web Novels & Protective Contract Marriage Stories

When Alex Kincaid first sees Melody Jansen, he knew he was going to have her but what happens when the next time he sees her, she’s roaming the streets of Vegas in a wedding dress?

I gave myself to a stranger in a penthouse, then ran before dawn. I thought I'd never see him again. Three days later, he walked into my lecture hall. Professor Xavier Carrington. Cold. Untouchable. A billionaire who owns half of Manhattan—and the secret of what we did. He pretends I don't exist. He treats me like air. But when my grandmother's café burns down and my bills drown me, he makes me an offer I can't refuse: a one-year contract marriage. Separate bedrooms, he says. No feelings, he promises. I sign because I have no choice. Now I live in his glass tower. I sleep down the hall from the man who took my innocence. He's ice to everyone else, but late at night, I catch him watching me. His hands shake when I get too close. He kisses me like he's drowning—then tells me he feels nothing. I don't believe him. Because there's something dark behind those cold grey eyes. Something he's buried so deep he thinks I'll never find it. And the closer I get to him, the more I realize his world isn't just cold—it's dangerous. But I have secrets too. I'm not just his contract wife. I'm gathering evidence to leave him—until I discover that his family's name is built on lies. And the truth I'm looking for might be the very thing that gets me killed. His obsession with me might be the only thing keeping me alive. He says it's just a contract. But the heart doesn't read fine print.

Maya Vance hates Liam Cross. The Upton University cheer captain and heir to a billion‑dollar empire has been raised to despise everything about the soccer captain and his family. So when Liam slides a fake engagement contract across a coffee shop table, she laughs in his face. Then her father calls. Sign it. Or lose everything. The SEC is investigating both companies for insider trading. A fake romance between the heirs is the only PR move that can save their families from ruin. Six months of pretending. A diamond ring that feels like a leash. A Homecoming crown they must win together while their families secretly undermine each other. But Maya doesn't expect Liam to hold her hand like it matters. She doesn't expect him to defend her when anonymous threats appear in her locker. And she definitely doesn't expect to miss her period. Two pink lines change everything. Now she's carrying the unexpected heir to both empires – the one thing that could either end the feud or trap her forever. As they race to uncover who forged the SEC emails and exposed their families, Maya realizes the biggest threat isn't the villain trying to destroy them. It's the boy she was never supposed to love. And the life growing inside her.

All her life, Elara's gold-digging mother treated her like a price tag, constantly arranging husbands for her; usually wealthy, old wolves willing to pay enough for her hand. But Elara never cared about money. She only ever wanted one thing: to marry Derek, the boyfriend she actually loved. So on the night they were supposed to elope, imagine her surprise when she caught him in bed with her mother's precious golden daughter, her own sister, Vivienne. Heartbroken and too exhausted to fight, she returned home only for her mother to immediately announce another wealthy husband. For once, she didn't argue. "Fine. I'll marry him." The next day, numb and barely paying attention, she went to the courthouse. She saw a handsome man waiting outside simply dressed. Didn't look rich at all. She assumed her mother finally went for looks instead of money. She signed the papers. Only after bringing her new husband home did she discover the truth. Her mother was hosting a marriage meeting for Vivienne, who was now sitting beside a different wealthy man. Her mother took one look at Elara's new husband and screamed, "Who the fuck is he?" That was when Elara realized she married the wrong man. Her mother humiliated him, called him poor and worthless, and threw them both out. What her mother didn't know? The quiet man Elara accidentally married was Kai Draven, one of the richest, most feared billionaire Alpha wolves in the country. He was at that courthouse waiting for his own contract bride to secure his Alpha title. And now that Elara accidentally became his wife? He wasn't particularly interested in correcting the mistake.