One-night Stand

For three years, Mara Croft played the perfect CEO's wife, graceful, patient, invisible. When Ethan slides the divorce papers across the desk without meeting her eyes, she doesn't fall apart. She names her price, one point eight billion dollars and watches the most powerful man in the city agree without blinking. To him, she was never the woman he wanted. Just the one he settled for, and settling has a price. What he doesn't know is that Mara isn't just leaving. She's disappearing with a secret that will destroy everything he thinks he knows about their marriage. But when a clinic receipt surfaces and his lawyers start making calls, the clean exit he paid for begins to unravel. The woman he dismissed as a quiet, lovesick wife has been three steps ahead of him the entire time. He let her go once, he won't make that mistake again. Some exits come with consequences neither of them saw coming.

She married for love. He was blinded by pride and revenge. The marriage of Elizabeth Stewart and John Walker had been sealed by a contract. Three years of marriage: for Elizabeth, hope and love; but for John, revenge. Elizabeth, passionate, innocent, and a dreamer, accepted the marriage unaware of the contract’s terms. John, who believed she was different from spoiled and self-serving women, saw his idealized image of Elizabeth crumble upon discovering the contract. He believed she had accepted the marriage for money. Feeling betrayed, he decided to punish her. On their wedding day, John left Elizabeth alone with the guests. That night, upon arriving home, he tore all her clothes and gave her only dark, austere garments. Her room would be the maid’s, and she would be responsible for the housework. His contempt was relentless, and John decided to turn the three years of marriage into a torment for Elizabeth. While Elizabeth suffered in silence, clinging to hope for John’s love, enduring his humiliations and contempt sustained by her unshakable faith, John became increasingly cold, cruel, and distant. But everything changed the day the contract came to an end. Mysteriously, Elizabeth vanished without a trace, causing John to rethink his feelings for her and leading him on a desperate quest for redemption and love for the woman he had spent years trying to destroy.

I came up with the idea of ​​a fake marriage contract with a man who's completely devoted to his work. That man is also my boss. Albert thought it would be fun to go to Europe and get married. It was all fun and games until we were walking hand in hand through the streets of Europe. It was just the two of us, but Albert broke the one rule that stood between us. He dumped me. Albert will never love this child! He's so focused on his job and doesn't want any complications. Now, I have two options. Tell him and risk losing him. Or keep my secret and lose him anyway. Either way, I'll end up heartbroken. Unless a miracle saves our marriage and our future from collapse!