Contract Marriage The Replacement Groom Novels & Stories

The room was quiet. "The original agreement required a marriage of established and genuine connection. What I entered into on the day of the wedding was not that." He said it cleanly. No defensiveness. "I made a contractual arrangement with a woman I had met three times, for a period of six months, in exchange for financial compensation. That is the full truth of how it began." Gerald looked very uncomfortable. The Zhao representatives looked at each other. "However," Damien said. The word was quiet and it stopped the room entirely. "The board has asked me to address the current situation. Not how it started. What it is now. And what it is now is not a contractual arrangement."

“We’re both being forced into this whether we like it or not. Your father and my family have already announced it. The merger documents are signed. The stock market has already responded. We can’t back out without destroying both our companies.” “So?” “So we do it. We go through with the marriage.” He said it matter of factly, like he was discussing a business transaction. “But on our terms. Not theirs.” I sat down across from him. “Explain.” “A contract marriage. Purely business. We get married, put on a good show for the public, keep our families and boards happy. But privately, we live separate lives. No expectations. No obligations beyond what’s legally required.” “Why would you agree to

He gave me a lot of attention, and I felt like the luckiest woman on earth to have him as my partner. We had been planning our wedding since graduating from the university last year. Our love was so strong that we couldn't wait to live together. We got engaged six months after graduation, and today, which was six months after our engagement, we tied the knot. However, the man currently assaulting me was not the same Jonah I once knew. He was the complete opposite. We rarely argued, always resolving our issues easily. Jonah used to smile at me, but now he glared at me as if I had stolen something valuable from him.

as he likes to call them as a wife is not allowed” “that’s absurd….what if you’re in love with her? I ask “I don’t fall in love miss evans” he answers his tone sharp I nod “so I marry you for one year…and in exchange you’ll help pay for my sisters treatment? “yes” he nods “okay I take a deep breath “what is expected of me if i’m to marry you” I ask wanting to know what i’m getting myself into “you’ll live with me in my house for the duration of the marriage…we’ll try to show up as a loving couple to the public…you’ll meet my family, the rest of the stipulations will be stated in a contract you’ll sign before the day of the wedding” he explains

Everything was so fast and surreal, as though he had been waiting for this moment. Who even just sees someone in church and marries them? It didn’t make sense to me, but did I care? No. All I wanted was revenge, and I would do anything for that. We had signed both the marriage contract, which stated we would go our separate ways two years from now. No sex, no intimacy, just officiality! “You have not signed your check,” Joshua said as we drove to his house. I looked up at him, then back at the check. I didn’t even know what to sign on it. I took the check and looked at it intently.

He was his attorney. It was our wedding day yet my so-called groom hadn’t shown up for the formalities. “What’s going on Mr. Remora?” Father finally broke the silence. “He is probably on his way.” Mr. Remora replied calmly, trying to reassure him. But half an hour passed, and the groom never came. Instead, the attorney brought me a document and asked me to sign it. Under the deadly glare of my father, I picked up the pen and signed. Just like that, within seconds, I became J’s wife.

"You disappeared during our appointment time and I may not be able to make it back to your office so I gauged the reports so far and it really doesn't look good. Do I move forward with the arrangements or not?" I nearly laughed out of sheer amusement. How the hell was I supposed to focus on a wedding when my bride had just run off to another country? But alas, here we were. My company was already taking a hit and if I couldn't secure the marriage, I would lose everything as I would be deemed as irresponsible and the board could go on with their plan to eject me. "The wedding is happening," I bit out. He was silent for a while. "Are you sure about that?"

*Constant sex is allowed *" What the hell does Hunter thinks he's doing. I rush to his room. He look up from his laptop and smirk. "What do you want wiffy " he says and i huff. "What's the meaning of this " I say showing him the contract. "Oh that? That's a norms for married couple. Right? " he says and smirk. "Nooo, I want it changed, and besides our marriage is not real " I told him. "Well, it's marked obligatory. It cannot be changed. And also our marriage is real, we are Betrothed remember? The only thing is we are getting divorced after a year "