The Marriage Pact A Novel Novels & Stories

he said carefully, “to really think you have a choice, Mrs. Cantrell.” The way he said my new last name made something twist unpleasantly in my chest. I lifted my chin. “Well maybe I do,” I shot back. “You said this marriage was a contract, not a prison sentence.” His gaze sharpened a little. “Yes,” he said. “A contract.” “And contracts usually involve mutual agreement.” Dominic placed the tablet down slowly on the table. Then he leaned forward slightly, resting his elbows against the polished surface, fingers folding together. The movement was small but it made my stomach tighten for some reason.

His eyebrows raised questiongly. Aaron looked at his gobsmacked face and nodded his eyes while still half bending his body on the rope. "It's true." He shrugs casually again back to look at the front wall. "She signed it." He asked frantically. Aaron watched Daniel with the corner of his eyes as he knows he couldn't digest the news he just announced maybe nobody can as this is the stupid thing he did. It's the fucking reality and he had mix up the real life with any fictional novel. Truly, he did get this idea reading some contract marriage novel which Kathy likes to read but it's truly obscure to even think that way in real life. As there are only two marriages that exist in this world. Fir

"She orchestrates drama. She screams false accusations. She wants blood just to satisfy her own pride. If I marry her, I hand the keys of Beyhos to a woman who will tear our internal stability apart from the inside out." My mother sighs, the rigid lines of her face softening for a split second before hardening again. "The marriage contract is a blood agreement, Janus. Your father signed it before he passed. Her family expects a wedding before the next full moon." "Then her family will be disappointed," I say coldly. I pull a thick, leather-bound book of pack law toward me. I flip the heavy pages aggressively, the paper crisp under my fingers, until I find the sections on alliance dissolution

It felt heavy, substantial, like a ledger of sins. ​"The time for contracts written in spreadsheets is over, Evie," he said, his golden eyes hardening. "Your problem is five million dollars. My problem is political. This document solves both." ​Evie looked down at the title emblazoned across the front page in stark, silver lettering: MARRIAGE CONTRACT AND ALLIANCE PACT. ​A shocked, involuntary gasp escaped her. She snatched up the document, her fingers fumbling as she flipped through the pages. The legal jargon was dense, but the content was sickeningly clear:

For families like theirs, marriage was never about love—it was a calculated transaction, a means to maximize benefits. Personal choice was nothing more than a luxury they weren’t entitled to. Sure, on paper, Grace had married well—a husband of impeccable lineage, wealth, and striking looks. But what was the point? They had gone their separate ways after a short period they signed the papers. They didn’t see each other, not even enough to put on a pretense of a functional marriage. And who knew? Perhaps Raphael had already built a whole other life for himself in Australia.

They'd barely known each other a week, and yet they'd been intimate more times than she could count. Olivia soon began to realize that her feelings for Mike were more than just lust or infatuation, genuinely liked him and enjoyed his company even when they weren't tearing each other's clothes off. Going through with her marriage to Mason began to feel less like an obligation and more like a prison sentence. Mason was so happy to see her that morning, he wanted to kiss her and congratulate her on their big day, but then, all she said to him was, “Call off the marriage.”

So I'm not the only one who doesn't like this setup. I know that even if they don't say what they are talking about it is really obvious that they are planning the future for us. That they reconcile us. "Same here. I never wanted this kind of set up." I answered him. Because even I don't like it. I already told myself that if I was given the opportunity to get married at the right time and opportunity. I wanted it to be for the man that I truly love. Not this kind of marriage for convenience. Where is the love there if this happens?

Ferhat turns off the cell phone and Rabia tells her mother what is happening. “Come on Rabia tell me. What there was"? “Do you believe that Mr. Berat will enforce the Marriage Contract between Ferhat and a stranger. The mother puts her hand over her mouth in surprise. "How absurd" “It is really absurd. He is demanding that Ferhat marry a woman he has never seen in his life. Can that”? Merve shakes her head. "It seems that Berat has not yet forgotten this blessed Marriage Contract." “He has not forgotten and will not forget. Tell me what country is this that forces people who don't know each other to get married?

"If you insist, I'd have to call the cops on you." I nodded slowly and dragged my feet out of the house. I got into my car and drove off. I promised myself that I would never go back to Sally's house or try to converse with her and explain myself. The did had already been done, and that was what mattered the most. I wondered why I was bothering so much about Sally and trying to build back a marriage that wasn't true to begin with. A planned marriage that we both entered into just for the benefit and not for love. I got home and picked a few things.

I wondered if Cole noticed it was me at the altar like Anna did. "Chris who had a big crush on Chloe then probably told his parents about his undying feelings for Chloe. At the end of the day, my parents signed the papers that said Chloe would be getting married to Chris when he turned twenty five years old in exchange for the few millions of dollars they needed then. My parents explained the situation to Chloe and I and she had agreed to get married for them. Because they were consequences if the contract gets breached one of which is my parents losing everything they have ever owned. Everyone was prepared for this wedding, little did we know that Chloe had other plans. Early this morning,