Romans & histoires What Is A Marriage Of Convenience

he asked more cautiously. "A… what?" I blinked, taken aback by his words. A marriage of convenience," he repeated blandly, his voice soothing. "Not an actual marriage-a commercial agreement, more like it. Would serve to give you a chance to fight back, show Luke that he doesn't have possession over you." I gazed at him in an effort to comprehend what he was telling me. "You mean… a contract marriage?" "Precisely," he said, his voice flat. "It would be a partnership-one in which you are calling the shots. You'd have the freedom to rebuild your life with Luke not hanging over your head.

Even if the other person was a stranger she had unintentionally married, there was something almost serene about eating with them. Aria put down her chopsticks and said, "Can I ask you something?" "It depends on the question. "I believe you didn't even know Ariana, so why did you consent to marry her? Leon's face tightened. It was a business arrangement. Her father's company needed capital. My company needed the merger. The easiest way to ensure both was through marriage. "I've never heard anything so unromantic." Romance is reserved for those who can afford to act foolishly. His tone became icy.

The gold lettering on the cover page gleamed beneath the office lights: MUTUAL ASSET AND REPUTATION PROTECTION AGREEMENT. "Forty pages, Grace," Elias stated, his voice returning to its cold, corporate standard as he finally looked toward her father. "A formal, legally binding marriage of convenience. Two years of public appearances. Separate bedrooms. No real intimacy. Two years of absolute, flawless devotion in front of the cameras to stabilize the stock. In exchange, the Thorne Group absorbs your entire debt facility within the hour." Grace stared at the document, her mind racing. A marriage contract. It was a golden noose packaged as a corporate merger.

The difference between the two men could not be any clearer. I opened the first page, reading through the terms and conditions of the contract. A marriage of convenience fits a duration of one year during which we'll get married and stay married for the public eye, but intimacy is not required, but we must still be respectful of each other's boundaries and privacy while maintaining public appearances. In return after the contract is over, I would get the sum of five and her child would be the beneficiary of one percent of Donovan Group shares. My breath stuttered as I flipped the pages slowly, my hands trembling slightly as I read through everything.

“Mr. Holt is waiting outside, but I want to speak with you now. Give you a chance to mull over this. “This means you and I are getting married for the ownership of the company?” I ask, standing to face him. “How can you be so calm about this?” “It would merely be a business deal. People in the U.K. have been settling business deals with a marriage of convenience for centuries.” “Oh well, since the British are doing it, so should we? Are you insane?” I feel my voice getting higher. “Listen. We simply have to marry for a year. That’s it. Then you get ownership of the New York City office, and I leave here and take over London. It’s not the worst of arrangements. I think we can manage.”

"So, does that mean you are getting married soon? Because I know they wouldn’t hand the company over to you if you didn’t have a spouse by your side." "Yes." Beatrice beamed. "But I don’t know who I am going to marry yet. Dad is still deciding on it. He wants to hook me up with someone whose union would benefit the company positively.” "Oh, I see." She nodded her head wonderingly. "Marriage of convenience." "Yes, it would be a marriage of convenience. And I don’t actually care about who I would marry. As far as I get the company." Beatrice said, her desperation seeping through her voice.

"Okay, you need to find a way to get Victor from my mother. Meet her again and tell her to transfer his custody back to your family, that's the only condition you have to set before you'll marry me" She nodded, her intelligent self probably already decoding what I wasn't saying. "I would have this marriage and my lawyer would send you a contract, a two years old marriage with a child at the end of it. I have some terms and conditions I would like to apply" I said. "No falling in love is at the top" The way her eyes flared up showed how ready she was to start dropping some words about falling in love but I silenced her. "Everything that happened to us in the past would continue to remain in t

"I am not illiterate. I just can’t understand your logic on why you have to sign this if you will change the main reason why it was created," "What’s wrong with it?" He pretended that it didn’t matter. Caspian placed his hand on her shoulder and explained, "our parents would doubt us if we crossed the line. I want our marriage to be considered and let’s play the game as a happily married couple in front of others. But don’t worry, I will not bother you. You can still enjoy yourself alone because I will be on duty and I have no idea when I will come home." She smirked and realized that he had a point, but one thing she was curious about was why he wanted to keep their marriage.