Until the Contract Ends

Thirty months. One marriage. Two people who should never have said yes.Nadia Whitmore has spent years rebuilding the empire her family nearly lost.As the CEO of WhitCo, she knows exactly what it means to carry a family name on her shoulders. She has fought for every contract, every branch, and every piece of respect she has earned.So when WhitCo finds itself facing a financial crisis that could destroy everything she built, Nadia refuses to beg for help.Until Xavier Sterling walks into her life with an offer she cannot afford to refuse. He can save WhitCo.He can erase the debt, silence the investors, and secure the company’s future. There is only one condition.She has to marry him.A marriage between two powerful families should be nothing more than a business transaction.And that’s exactly what Nadia intends it to be.Thirty months. That’s the agreement.Thirty months of playing the perfect wife to Xavier Sterling.Thirty months of smiling beside him at dinners, holding his hand for cameras, attending parties as his devoted wife, and convincing the world that their marriage is real.Then the contract ends.They go their separate ways.Simple. At least, that’s what Nadia tells herself.Because Xavier Sterling isn’t the man she expected.He’s cold when they’re alone, charming when people are watching, and impossible to read no matter how hard she tries.He has rules.Separate rooms. Separate lives.No unnecessary questions. No interfering with each other’s affairs.And above all—Never forget that this is only business.Nadia agrees.She has no intention of falling for a man who treats their marriage like a carefully negotiated contract.But pretending to be married means spending more time together than either of them expected.It means learning his habits.Knowing his moods.Standing beside him when the entire world is watching.It means defending each other when the cameras are rolling and the questions become too personal.It means smiling for photographs while wondering what the person beside you is really thinking.And somewhere between staged appearances and quiet moments neither of them planned for, the line between pretending and living begins to blur.But Xavier has secrets of his own.Secrets connected to Nadia’s family.Secrets that could make their marriage more complicated than either of them ever imagined.Because Nadia thinks she’s entering a thirty-month business arrangement.She doesn’t know that Xavier may have his own reasons for wanting her as his wife.And when the truth behind their agreement begins to surface, Nadia will have to decide whether the man standing beside her is the one person she can trust…Or the one person she should have stayed away from. Thirty months. That’s all they have.Or at least, that’s what the contract says.What happens when the contract ends?