💍 THE HEIR’S RELUCTANT WIFEUpdated at Feb 19, 2026, 16:45
She thought she was alone in the world.She never knew she was born into it.Orphaned at birth and raised without love or belonging, Aria Collins has learned to survive on her own. Life has never been kind, and hope is a luxury she can not afford. When she finally lands a job at one of the most powerful companies in the country, she believes her luck has changed.She’s wrong.Because the ruthless CEO doesn’t just want her as an employee — he wants her as a wife for his son.Adrian Blackwood, the arrogant, cold, and dangerously charming heir to the Blackwood empire, is a notorious playboy who has no interest in marriage — especially not to a quiet, unknown girl with no status or connections.But when his inheritance is threatened, he is forced into a contract marriage he never wanted.Their marriage is built on resentment.Their home is filled with tension.Their hearts are guarded by pain.Yet beneath the cruelty, the distance, and the emotional walls, something dangerous begins to grow.Love.And when secrets from Aria’s past begin to surface, threatening everything they’ve built, both must face the truth — about each other, their families, and themselves.Because sometimes, the love you never wanted becomes the one you can’t live without.