The Billionaire Last-Minute Bride

One missing bride. One impossible deal. And a fake wedding neither of them saw coming.

Vanya Kestrel has always been the girl no one bets on—quiet, cautious, and drowning in her late father's debts. Her stepmother’s solution? Marry her off to a wealthy man nearly forty years older. But when Vanya lands a prestigious internship at NephraTek—New York’s most ruthless tech empire—she sees more than just a job. She sees a way out.

But fate has other plans because her new boss s is her high school crush. And the man she almost kissed one reckless night years ago. Alastair Calderon, elusive tech billionaire and heir to a powerful dynasty, is facing a crisis when his own bride vanishes days before the ceremony.. A clause in his late father's will demands that he must marry by his thirtieth birthday to secure the NephraTek Industries. And that birthday? Just fifteen days away.or lose control of his family's empire. With no fiancée, no time, and a reputation on the line, turns to the last woman standing in the chaos: Vanya

The proposal is outrageous—marry him for six months, pretend to be his wife, and walk away with enough money to pay her father's debt and escape the forced marriage. For Vanya, it’s strictly business.

But in a world of curated lies and inherited power, the line between pretending and feeling blurs quickly. And with eyes watching, secrets surfacing, and the real bride still missing, vanya and Alastair are about to learn that nothing about this deal is as simple as "I do."

bout this deal is as simple as "I do."