Story By Rhea Pacheco
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Rhea Pacheco

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Contractually Inspired
Updated at Oct 6, 2026, 10:12
​One glass of red wine. One expensive Armani suit. And the start of the biggest mistake of her life or perhaps, the best beginning?​Elena Vance is a hardworking, fiercely independent event planner who is used to handling high society chaos behind the scenes. But her world turns upside down in a single second when she accidentally spills red wine all over the custom jacket of Christian Sterling the city's most ruthless tech billionaire, notoriously known as the "Ice King."​Expecting to be fired or blacklisted across the corporate world, Elena is shocked when Christian offers her a scandalous proposition instead. His board of directors demands he settle down, or he risks losing his empire. He needs a temporary, fake fiancée for three months to get them off his back. Elena desperately needs a massive payout to save her family's bakery from foreclosure.​She despises his arrogance, he finds her completely refreshing because she isn't intimidated by him. But under the same roof, the line between fake and real begins to blur. Between corporate secrets, hidden pasts, and undeniable chemistry, keeping up appearances becomes the hardest job of her life.​How long can they pretend when every second together makes the act feel dangerously real?
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