Contacted To Love

e. Ethan Blackwood's offer left nothing but confus

hosen me to act like his fiancee? But we just met to

d uncontrollably until the early hours of the m

a fake engagement with a billionaire? Yet, a small part of me whispered: What if

I still haven't made any

ar my apartment to tell her what Ethan had asked me to do l

ht?" she asked, her eyes sparkling w

y coffee for far too long before I was ab

cally vibrating with excite

etend to be his fiancée. For six months.

re kidding." " Wait So

sh I

processing this. "And

m I'd thin

you though

bout," I said. "It's insane, righ

come to think about it, what if it could be an opportunity for you to

cost?" I

o Ethan Blackwood," she said, as if it

wearing a ring and smiling for the cameras. I'd be putting myself into

ty that could change a lot

didn't kno

mber I didn't recognize. I stared at

answer the call, I

e voice came through the line

time," I said, m

dded. "I need an answer

sked, frustration c

said, his voice cold. "But if you're n

o this strange role gave me a kind of.

u know," I s

n tomorrow," he sai

By the time the clock struck ten the nex

unable to keep myself busy that night. All I could see was Ethan's face, his s

ed my phone and d

mediately, as if he'd b

I'll do it. I said bef

. "Good," he said finally. "Meet me at my office

aving me staring at my phone in disbe

s, modern, and intimidating. The receptionist greeted me with

at the head of the table with a

d, gesturing to the c

ke I was about to

rd me, "is the contract. It outlines the

as detailed as it was overwhelming. Dates, expec

Ethan said, his tone was full of business. "This

said, though I w

e other, one clause caught my eye. "Wait-what does this mean?" I

e're a real couple, and handle the media attention that comes wit

urned. "And i

he said

y hands shaking. "This

g back in his chair. "But if you're

. Ethan Blackwood didn't appear to me as the kind of man who joked about a

id finally.

ge, but I could see a flic

id. "We'll st

choed, my voice

he said, standing and ex

to shake his hand,

agreed to settled over me. I was stepping into a w

art of me

iny apartment, I received a

aying at my penthouse for th

as this how my life was going to be from now

essage ca

tomorrow. There's more a

foreboding settling over me. What

mind as I lay awake, thinking-