A Million-Dollar Marriage: A Story of Heart Over Contract

owned CEO and heir to a huge conglomerate. She had been too caught

as that she was now married to him. By

ole issue came about, also staring at Mason, who sat impassively in front of

wedding ring off her finger then placed

g, and I'm sorry for my part in it. Actually, you know what? I'm not sorry, because if you had just

your original bride and we can prete

whole time she talked. Seeing this,

then," she said curtly

inally stated matter-of-factly,

ed aroun

his fingers steepled together as

thing? That I can just waste my

is that any of my bus

ife because, 'hey, we got married by mis

y, but I hope that's not what you're try

ve, Mason's next wor

do you

blinked

ason almost scoffed irritatedly while got up from his s

hated the fact that Mason was flaunting his wealth at her and believing she ought to change her mind if he offe

transformed in an instant. Every financial burden and every dream she had had to put on

re was h

e sake of her dire needs? She was basically going to be back in a

nd held it poised o

?" he ask

d, leaving his

was telling he

nd struggle that had plagued her for so long. But anot

ll don't want to live my life a

or your whole lif

't need you to be a real wife either. The only pla

be enough to get back at Olivia

roposition again. Five months. That was pretty muc

ld she do

time if it meant erasing every trace of

Mason asked

rth more than anything she'd ever made in her life nor would she ever made by th

r intrusive thoughts pushed

nk she was being too greedy. Or if her audacious requ

returned to the blank check, and hi

y buckled because of how unreal it still felt to her that she was going to be owning th

ianna's fingers twitched, about to ta

it is, you'll be paid monthly until the divorce.

hand. Well it was

e soon. You're welcome t

o all of this to

lodging at the hotel because as soon as the news and photos of the wedding reach the press,

Five months just five months

at went down and how thanks to her friend's recommendation she got catapulted into a new life. Her friend believed it was

ng stream of news articles, blog posts, magazines and rumors about her new 'husband,' and

w an article about Mason and his l

interestedly as she tapped on the image

resting on Mason's arm, and even through the static i

de it so. So Gianna couldn't find anything other than that, but she still wondered how

f the lawsuit documents her former agency intended to file against her. Gianna smiled as she read through the metic

ead of her and the cityscape beyond them. Soon, very soon all these problems would beco

rays began to wane, and s

on beside her to grant to her unexpected visitor. The door op

t's time to leave

xated on the nam

na Waters, and would be sleeping the night