The Billionaire Marriage of Convenience

ing offered a panoramic view of the city, but all Jade could focus on was the emptiness she felt walking into this prist

nts precise, almost mechanical, as though he had perfected the art of being in control. Jade followed him into a spacious living

voice low but polite. He didn't offer to he

tion, but the weight of it was settling on her shoulders with every step she took into this empty, sterile apartment. There was no warmth here.

d fulfill her part of the contract-be his wife in name only, stay out of h

someone show you to your room. There's food in the fridge

, heavy with unspoken truths. She didn't want to know what kind of life Grayso

tood there for a moment longer, letting the reality of the situation settle over her. This was her new life now. She had signe

dressed in a simple but elegant black uniform. She was in her thirties, with da

osa, the housekeeper. If you need an

or the kindness in the woman's voice. "

suitcase by the door. "I'll take care of t

each one designed with the same minimalist aesthetic that dominated the entire apartment. The walls were a neutral

r Jade to enter. "This will be your room for the time b

white linens, and the floor-to-ceiling windows offered a breathtaking view of the city below. But none of it mattered. None of it fel

w what else to say. The overwhelming sense of being

fore leaving the room, closin

She was married to a man she barely knew, living in his cold, lifeless home,

oor pulled her f

d, though she wasn't

h a glass of water in his hand. His expression remained impass

water," he said, his voice stil

he glass from him. "I

w this must feel strange. It's not what you expected, and I won't pretend to

re. Jade didn't respond immediately, unsure of how to navigate the convers

ve everything you need. Your life here will be... simple. No complications. I won't inte

ng her feel small. "And what do you expect from me?" s

a wife. Attend family gatherings. Keep up appearances. That's all. Nothing more. We do

g to be someone's wife was already harder than she had anticipated. There were no emotions involv

follow the rules?" Jade

n you're free to leave. But I suggest you don't. This arra

't giving her a choice. She had signed t

up from the bed. "I'll keep my e

riefly softening. "Good. I

d left the room, leavin

shut, and Jade

of possibilities had now become a cage of her own making. She had given up everything for this deal-her free

lingering thought in the back of he

ld, emotionless man who stood before her? Wha

heal together, or would their broken