Bought A Husband, Got A Secret CEO

Chapter 4

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d seen better days. There were scratches along the pa

g faintly like engine oil filled Hailey's senses, cem

ween them was t

breaking it, her voice unnaturally loud i

avigating through mid-day Manhattan

" The doubt was still a bitter taste in her mou

the curb, shifted it into park, and took out his phone. He

from a hotel hallway. She saw herself staggering, cle

way. Julian. He moved with a swift, brutal efficiency that wa

form into his arms and carried her dow

er the truth. He had saved her. A complicated mix of emotions washed over

s?" she asked, her v

sion unreadable. "I asked the hotel m

as his permanent residence, the top floor his priva

He was a risk, but a known risk. Her

to mock the transactional nature of their visit. Inside, the proces

his man to be her lawfully wedded husband, she hesi

ing Knight's leering face. "I

s immediate, witho

arriage certificate in her hand. The paper felt flimsy, imp

married to a man she'd known f

iley reached into her purse and pulled out a folded document and a pen. She

ge will last for one year. During that time, you will act as my husba

the pages quickly. It was all obligations,

from her wallet, "you will receive a salary. I'll deposit twent

loyer. He was the employee. This was a transaction, nothing more. The money was

fortune for most people. A

e way she held her chin up, trying so hard to be

e contract with a steady hand. Julian Oneal. He then to

er stomach-relief mingled with s

st assignment." She met his gaze. "Wait for me here tomorrow morning

r, a low chuckle in h

c, sent unexpected warmth s

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Janna Lemay Romance

“Hailey woke up naked in an unfamiliar hotel room, staring at the stranger beside her and a smear of dried blood on the sheets. She instantly realized she had been drugged and framed by her sweet-smiling stepsister, Isabelle. Before she could even process the horror, her father called, ordering her to get home immediately to be sold off. He was forcing her to marry a cruel, abusive billionaire twice her age just to save their failing company. Sneaking back into her own house, she overheard her stepmother and stepsister's true plot. "Once she's married off to that old creep, everything in the Lawson family will finally be ours." Desperate, Hailey rushed to her ex-fiancé for help, only to find Isabelle already sitting by his hospital bed. Her ex-fiancé, suffering from selective amnesia, looked at Hailey with absolute disgust. "Leave. Now. Stop harassing Isabelle and me." Betrayed by her blood relatives and abandoned by the man who once promised to protect her, Hailey's heart completely died. Why did she have to be the sacrificial lamb for the very monsters who ruined her life? With only one hour left before her father's men dragged her away, she made a desperate, crazy move. She posted an anonymous ad online for an immediate contract husband, and the stranger from the hotel actually took the job. Hours later, Hailey walked back into her family's mansion, slapped her fake-crying stepsister across the face, and slammed her new marriage certificate onto the coffee table. "As a married woman, I am legally unavailable for your little business arrangement."”