The Cold CEO's Secret Contract Bride

Chapter 5

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gs in the walk-in closet of her suite. Her two boxes of clothes and books looked comica

ately. She would pay for her own food, her own expenses. And she would contribute to the "rent,

f she could see him online, as a person with a profile, he would feel less like an intimidating str

ray silhouette for a profile picture. No posts. No photos.

button. Her username, 'FloralScent', a handle sh

t the Apex Holdings tower, Collin Hendrick

ing weight of absolute authority. The executives around the polished boardroom table sweated under his cold gaze, n

secondary phone buzzed on the desk-the one he used for t

s sent you a c

e that the contact

He dismissed her from his mind as easily as a spam email. He had relegated the na

t was Sean. "Sir, your mother is on

he only crack in his iron composure. He knew what

with steel. "I trust you're on your way home to your lovely ne

ancial reports on his desk. "I'm busy

You will have dinner with your wife. And you will start acting like a husband. Or so help me, Collin, I will show up

illotine poised over the intrica

was the one person on earth he could not com

he word sharp as glas

n, his fury a palpable f

intercom. "Cancel my evenin

utral but hiding his shock. "Yes, sir." M

constructed wall between his two lives beginnin

was staring at her phone. The n

t request w

wasn't an accident. It wasn't that he hadn't seen it. He had se

m, she was an inconvenience. A stranger he held in such complete contempt that

irring sound came from the foyer. T

stepped into

th a tense, unwelcoming energy. He saw her standing there, and his cold eyes swept over her without a f

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“Fresh out of prison and facing a parole violation, Candace Price was kicked onto the streets by her abusive aunt. To avoid going back to a cell, she accepted a desperate lifeline: marrying her former mentor's son, a supposedly ordinary supermarket manager named Gauge Bailey. But right after they signed the papers, this "simple" manager handed her the keys to a multi-million-dollar penthouse at The Elysian Towers. Before she could even question his bizarre wealth, her new mother-in-law faked a medical emergency. From her hospital bed, the older woman slapped a priceless heirloom jade bracelet on Candace's wrist. "I need to know the family line is secure. You have three months to get pregnant." Suffocating under the pressure of being treated like a mere breeding vessel, Candace tried to reach out to her new husband. Instead, she discovered he had deliberately declined her contact request and completely erased her number from his phone. The humiliation hit her like a physical blow. Why agree to this marriage if he held her in such utter contempt? And who exactly was this cold, imposing stranger who lived in a billionaire's playground while claiming to stock grocery shelves? Staring at the rejected notification on her screen, a cold, hard resolve settled in Candace's chest. She slid the heavy jade bracelet off her wrist and locked it away in a dark drawer. If he wanted a sham marriage, she would play along. She would use his penthouse and his name to build her own independence, and when the time came, she would be the one to walk away.”