Time-limited Engagement Novels & Stories

I crossed my arms in front of my chest while waiting for his answer. “I am glad that you are fast to get that, Ms. Croven. As a matter of fact, I will not lose anything if I participate in this agreement.” I can see that he is trying to suppress his laughter now. The nerve of this guy to laugh! Does he think engagement is a joke? I rose from the sofa and stand in front of him, my arms still crossed and my eyes looking at him unbelievingly. “But, Mr. Fuenter, it seems that it did not appear to you that this engagement can lead to an actual marriage, and that can absolutely change and ruin both of our lives.”

I agreed, so I cancelled my first practice appointment just to meet him. Maybe someone would get confused about the engagement party. How can two people get engaged without knowing each other or without even seeing each other? Well, this is just a contractual marriage, so to be intimate with each other isn't necessary. We just need to be in this marriage for a year and after that, we'll go our separate ways again. "Ten minutes. No, five minutes. Five more minutes and if he still doesn't show up, I'm gonna leave and I won't show up until the engagement party." I murmured in a low voice as I wandered my eyes around the restaurant.

I was about to pass out. Jessica clapped her hands together. “Oh, this is wonderful! We’ll have the engagement party in a month. That should give us enough time to plan something elegant but intimate.” Nathaniel’s fingers drummed against the table. “A month?” She gave him a look. “Unless you want to do it sooner? How about 2 weeks?” I swear I felt my soul leave my body. “No,” I blurted out. “A month is… perfect.” Jessica nodded in satisfaction. “Wonderful.”

"Clause 1.1: The parties will enter into a legally recognized engagement for a period of six months. Clause 1.2: During this time, Ms. Vance and the minor, Leo Vance, will reside within the master suite of the Thorne Estate for security purposes. All perimeter exits will be monitored by Tier-1 personnel." ​Elara felt the walls of the boardroom closing in, the expensive wood paneling suddenly feeling like the sides of a casket. "Reside? Mr. Henderson, the agreement we discussed over the phone was for legal protection and a united front, not a prison sentence with a monitored perimeter."

“ No, just a tiny tainy engagement. “ He grinned at me as if these were the most normal words. Inhaling deeply, I forced a smile. “ I will do that, just give me some time to get to know her. “ Translation: To make her back out. I can argue with him and I know I can get my way in the business but I'm a little concerned about him since he got into that accident a few weeks ago. Never something of this sort ever happened to him. So I just for once want to deal with him calmly. But he seems to be testing my patience. “ Okay, You have one week. Because Next week is the deadline for your Know-Each-Other-session “ He was serious again and I think I just had a mini heart attack at his words.

A shiver of unease ran through me. Aiden stepped forward, a mixture of determination and concern in his eyes. “How much time have they given us, Father?” The Alpha sighed, a deep and resonant sound. “One month. They've requested a demonstration of your commitment to each other, and they will assess our sincerity at the end of that period.” One month. It felt like both an eternity and the blink of an eye. Adam stepped forward, “That's bullshit! Why do we even have to fucking prove our relationship to any motherfucker?”

Even though our bodies never came into contact , I couldn’t help but feel the heat he radiated slip beneath my skin. After what felt like an eternity,everyone was done with dinner. From Kian’s restlessness I could tell he also wanted this to be over and done with already. If that was the case, then why allow it anyway? “Don Silver and I have agreed that the engagement ceremony should take place in the next two months.”, Father casually stated as Varya took up the last dish from the table. I could help the little gasp that escaped from my moth. “Two months?”

Time to claim this too. '

We both talk when we are free from our work. I give my resignation to the hospital and the procedure will take fifteen days for me to leave London completely. I start doing some shopping in my free time. I buy gifts for all my friends and family members. My last Two weeks in London away from my loved ones. Both families meet and fix the date of the engagement in January. 28th January is going to be our engagement. I will have one month and fifteen days to prepare for our engagement. These fifteen days only video calls have become our support. Time issue hurts and also the time in India and London are different still we managed to talk with each other.

Andre sat across the table from me, composed, watching everything with an intensity. Victor laid it out clinically. The relationship would last eight months and during this period, there would be staged public appearances at a manageable frequency, enough to establish the relationship as credible without exhausting either of us. A managed social media presence, meaning some photos would be arranged rather than accidental, though the arrangement would never be obvious to anyone looking at it from the outside. Prepared talking points for any interviews that touched on the relationship, though I could decline interviews entirely if I preferred. "And what happens to me in eight months?" I asked.