Married to The Cold-Hearted Billionaire

The Deal

Emma's POV

I never believed my life would come down to a signature.

One swipe of the pen. That’s all it took to tie my fate to Aiden Blackwood — the man whose eyes were as cold as the steel skyscrapers he owned.

“Sign it,” he said, his voice clipped, like he didn’t want to waste a single breath more on me than necessary.

The paper trembled in my hands. Marriage contract. Legal and binding. Three years. No emotional involvement. No intimacy unless requested. A million dollars by the end of it — enough to pay for my mother’s surgery twice over and give her a chance at life.

I looked up at him.

He didn’t smile. He didn’t blink. He didn’t even pretend to care.

“I don’t have all day, Miss Lane.” He said

I swallowed the lump in my throat, my pride, and the last pieces of my innocence. Then I signed.

“You’re mine now,” Aiden said, standing and walking away like he’d just closed another business deal, he didn’t look back.

Because to him, that’s all I was.

A deal.

Deep inside, I wanted to scream in all languages, but I couldn’t