From Lies to Love: My Rival Husband

From Lies to Love: My Rival Husband

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She needed a husband. He needed a wife. Neither expected to find each other at the end of the aisle. Mia Cross is a rising CEO with everything under control except her traditional family, who demands she marry before the year is out. Out of desperation, she invents the perfect boyfriend. But when her family insists on meeting him, her lie threatens to explode. Liam Wolfe, her infuriating rival from a competing firm. He's ruthless, arrogant, and entirely too handsome for his own good. But he needs a "wife" to secure the business deal of his life. Their solution? A marriage of convenience. The rules are simple: no love, no real intimacy, and an expiration date set in stone. But when family drama, boardroom battles, and scandalous rumors put their fragile arrangement under fire, Mia and Liam discover that pretending to be in love might be the most dangerous game of all. Because somewhere between fake kisses and staged smiles, the lines are blurring. And the hardest rule of all to keep might be the one that forbids falling in love. Will their marriage remain a lie... or become the truest thing they've ever known?

From Lies to Love: My Rival Husband Chapter 1 Imaginary Boyfriend

The moment my mother cleared her throat over Sunday lunch, I knew I was in trouble.

She had that look the one she used before announcing she'd enrolled me in "just a few" extracurricular piano lessons at age nine that turned into competitive recitals until I was seventeen. The same look she had the week she "accidentally" set me up on a date with the neighbor's cousin.

"Darling," she began, and my stomach sank, "your father and I were thinking..."

Here it comes.

"...you're twenty-eight, you're doing so well at that little tech company of yours"

"Mom, it's a top-five national firm."

"Yes, yes, but what's success without someone to share it with?"

Across the table, my brother smirked. He'd brought his girlfriend, who was currently charming my grandmother with stories about how they met in a bookstore. I stabbed a piece of chicken like it had personally offended me.

"I'm... busy," I said.

"You're lonely," Mom countered.

"I'm fine."

"You need a man."

And that's when it happened the moment that will live in my personal Hall of Fame for Terrible Decisions.

"I have one," I blurted.

Silence. The clink of cutlery stopped. Four pairs of eyes locked on me.

"You... what?" Mom asked.

I nodded, somehow committing to the lie before my brain had caught up.

"A boyfriend. He's uh wonderful. Great job. Very... supportive."

Grandma leaned forward. "Does he have teeth?"

"Of course he has teeth!" I snapped, too loudly.

My father's eyes narrowed. "What's his name?"

My mind went blank. "L –Leo." No, that was the name of my high school crush. "Liam."The name of my most hated competition rolled of my tongue.

Too late

And that was it. One little lie, tossed onto the table between the roast chicken and the mashed potatoes, snowballing faster than I could catch it.

"Bring him to the reunion," Mom said, eyes sparkling.

"Reunion?"

"This Saturday. Everyone will be there."

"Everyone?" My voice cracked.

Grandma grinned. "Can't wait to meet the man who finally stole our Mia's heart."

The rest of lunch was a blur. I nodded at questions about "Liam's" hobbies, mumbled something about him loving golden retrievers, and tried not to choke on my water when Dad asked what his parents did for a living.

By the time dessert was served, my fake boyfriend had been given a promotion, a summer home, and an allergy to strawberries.

When I finally escaped into my car, I slammed my forehead against the steering wheel. "Great, Mia. Just great."

I had five days to conjure up a Liam out of thin air.

And that's when my phone buzzed with a news alert.

Local Tech Rival Secures Spot in National Expansion Pitch.

I tapped the link. And there he was Liam Wolfe. My infuriating, smug, ridiculously good-looking rival from a competing firm. The man who'd stolen my biggest client last year.

My fake boyfriend had just gotten a face.

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“She needed a husband. He needed a wife. Neither expected to find each other at the end of the aisle. Mia Cross is a rising CEO with everything under control except her traditional family, who demands she marry before the year is out. Out of desperation, she invents the perfect boyfriend. But when her family insists on meeting him, her lie threatens to explode. Liam Wolfe, her infuriating rival from a competing firm. He's ruthless, arrogant, and entirely too handsome for his own good. But he needs a "wife" to secure the business deal of his life. Their solution? A marriage of convenience. The rules are simple: no love, no real intimacy, and an expiration date set in stone. But when family drama, boardroom battles, and scandalous rumors put their fragile arrangement under fire, Mia and Liam discover that pretending to be in love might be the most dangerous game of all. Because somewhere between fake kisses and staged smiles, the lines are blurring. And the hardest rule of all to keep might be the one that forbids falling in love. Will their marriage remain a lie... or become the truest thing they've ever known?”
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Chapter 1 Imaginary Boyfriend

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Chapter 2 Enemies Make Terrible Fiancés

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Chapter 3 The Deal

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Chapter 4 The First Test

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Chapter 5 Breaking the Rules

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Chapter 6 The Proposal

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Chapter 7 Signed, Sealed... With Conditions

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Chapter 8 The Dinner Gamble

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Chapter 9 Family, Fallout, Whispers

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Chapter 10 Cracks in the Facade

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Chapter 11 Lights,Camera, Spark

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Chapter 12 Old Flames, Old Wounds

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Chapter 13 The Past isn't Hidden

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Chapter 14 Cracks in the Armor

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Chapter 15 The Things he Remembers

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Chapter 16 Restless

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Chapter 17 St. Mathew's System

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Chapter 18 Brewing Trouble

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Chapter 19 The Wall Between

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Chapter 20 Walls and Windows

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Chapter 21 Faults Aligned

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Chapter 22 Blank note

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Chapter 23 Back in Her Skin

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Chapter 24 New Feeling

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Chapter 25 Glass House

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Chapter 26 Rosemary

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Chapter 27 Stranger in my Home

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Chapter 28 Burn Marks

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Chapter 29 Distance Between

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Chapter 30 Game Begins

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Chapter 31 Conspiracy

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Chapter 32 Calm before the Storm

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Chapter 33 Troy

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Chapter 34 Change

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