Story By Jhennie
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Jhennie

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One Night, One Contract
Updated at Aug 16, 2025, 13:03
Vanessa Carson is a bright and ambitious receptionist at the prestigious Devonte Grand Hotel. Despite being an orphan struggling to manage her type 1 diabetes and pay back her student loans, her dream is to one day run her own hotel, and every shift is a step closer to saving enough. Alexander Devonte charming, ruthless and sinfully rich returns from Europe to take over The family hotel business after his father's sudden retirement at the charity gala hosted by the hotel. He meets a beautiful stranger Vanessa, in an old sleek dress. Neither of them knowing who the other really is. One electric night, no names, no expectations no regret, but everything changes in the morning when Alexander comes face to face with the woman who had slipped out of his bed at dawn. He offers her a contract to be his wife for one year, on paper, for his family and the public. The clause being that he has to be married within six months or he forfeits his inheritance to his step sisters. With only one month left, he threatens to fire her if she refuses. But if she agrees she will get a full mentorship and startup capital to build her own hotel, and also compensation for the one year that they are going to be married. Vanessa finds out that she's pregnant as a result of their one night stand and they also discover that they have feelings for each other. This complicates everything that was written in the contract, and threatens to ruin their calculated marriage and turning it into something dangerously real. With Alexander's step mother and sisters lurking around, they will stop at nothing to find any information to destroy their marriage and make Alexander lose his inheritance.
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