Story By Margaret Amechi
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Margaret Amechi

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I love everything art. Writing, poetry, and photography. And i hope my books make you feel different emotions and give you different positive reactions.
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The Romance Strategy
Updated at Jul 8, 2025, 15:32
Seth Miller, 29, is the only heir to one of the wealthiest business empires in the city. Though he's already built a successful company on his own and has the business skills to take over his family's legacy, his grandfather has just one condition. That Seth gets married first, or his legacy would be sold to a random business owner.Seth is still bitter from the heartbreak of walking into his own home and seeing his ex-girlfriend, Eva, cheating on him with his closest friend. He wants nothing to do with love. Left with those conditions, Seth meditates to find a solution fast.That's when he notices Lisa Carter, 25, a quiet and modest employee in his company, being publicly dumped by her boyfriend Todd, for another co-worker. He watches everything unfold and suddenly gets an idea. A process that would benefit them both; a marriage contract. One where Lisa would get more attention at work and get her revenge on Todd by receiving public affection from Seth. He would gain his grandfather's trust with the relationship, and after a year, he will propose to Lisa, and they will be married for three years and get a divorce when the company is fully under Seth. After telling Lisa about his idea, she is sceptical about it. She barely managed to go to work after getting dumped, and the idea of fake dating a billionaire, let alone her boss, seemed overwhelming. But Seth goes over the plan once again to her and drafts a contract to make her trust him. And she agrees.The plan was simple;1. Gradual office flirtation 2. Public dates and public show of affection.3. He proposes after a year with her.But their plans begin to crumble as Seth finds himself drawn to Lisa's kindness, heart, and soul, and likewise, Lisa is drawn to the person Seth is.And as they continue their plan, the act becomes real.CONFLICT ESCALTES1. Todd: Todd's ego is bruised as he watches Lisa move on easily from him and always pulls her aside at work to confront her of verbally bullying her into doubting her happiness. 2. Eva: Seth's ex-girlfriend returns to the city and hears pays a visit to Seth, stumbles upon Lisa in his home, and is annoyed by Lisa. She tries claims to be his cousin, but Seth shuts the door on her face, telling her never to come back.This angers her, and she digs deeper into their relationship and finds their contract by sneaking into Seth's house. She turns the contract over to Seth's grandfather, who had already met Lisa. Disappointed, he refuses to give the company to Seth, but Seth , now deeply in love with Lisa, apologizes and vouches for their real love.Eva, seeing that her first plan didn't work, she's thrown in a fit or rage and meets up with Todd, claiming that she is the real fiance of Seth and Lisa seduced him. She tells Todd that he should go to Lisa and try to make her leave Seth, and she promised him a promotion when she marries Seth and he takes over the company.CLIMAX And on the night that Seth and Lisa were to go on a date, Todd shows up in her front door, begging to be heard, drugs her and leaves her house, not knowing that she left her hot iron turned on.While Eva goes to Seth's house, walks in and blindfolds him from behind, caressing his body but Seth immediately knows that she wasn’t Lisa and pulled away. Eva starts raging on, painting herself as a victim and claiming that she still loves Seth, and she was glad she got Lisa out of the way to finally get him alone. Seth, hearing that, he tries to call Lisa, but she doesn't answer her phone.Seth is filled with panic and yells at Eva to tell him where Lisa was, but Eva is screaming back at him to love her. Seth gets angry and storms out of the house, in search of Lisa and still calling her phone until he gets a call back, but Lisa's sister spoke instead. She told him the hospital they were at and he drove as fast as he could.ENDINGS Getting to the hospital, he sees how she is and breaks down. Lisa tries to comfort him with silly jokes and pretending to be okay. But as she reaches for him, Seth goes down on one knee and proposes to her and she says yes. After Lisa gets better, Todd is arrested and Eva is sent to rehab.
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