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To escape her mother selling her into marriage to settle an unwanted bride price, Laura flees to the city, determined to fight for her own freedom. Desperate for stability, she interviews at Smith Company and crosses paths with Fred Smith, the cold, guarded heir facing an aggressive corporate ultimatum to find a wife or lose his rightful place as CEO. Neither is looking for romance, but both need an escape. Fred proposes a strictly business arrangement: a one-year legal marriage governed by rigid rules. Separate bedrooms, complete independence, zero emotional involvement, and a quiet divorce when time runs out. For Laura, it is an unbreakable legal shield against her family. For Fred, it is a calculated corporate defense. Living under the same roof quickly shatters their tidy boundaries. Sharp arguments and constant clashes give way to undeniable chemistry, mutual respect, and protective instincts neither anticipated. But as corporate rivals plot Fred's downfall and malicious family schemes close in, an even bigger secret comes to light. Laura discovers that the humble road cleaner who raised her took a life-altering truth to his grave: she is the long-lost heiress to a powerful dynasty. With the contract's expiration ticking down, the stranger Laura married to escape her mother becomes the one man she cannot bear to leave. Will their paper agreement survive when the truth about who they really are comes to light?

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  • Author: Zaharina
  • Status: Ongoing
  • Age Rating: 18+
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He loved another woman. She agreed to marry him anyway. When the Patel Group is driven to the edge of bankruptcy after a trusted board member embezzles millions, CEO Josephine Patel is left with only one choice to save her family's legacy—an arranged engagement to billionaire heir Leonardo Mateo Moreno. For Leonardo, the engagement is nothing more than another prison built by his father. A His heart already belongs to another woman, and he has no intention of giving Josephine anything beyond his name. But his father makes him an offer he can't refuse: if Leonardo wants to inherit Moreno Construction, he must live with Josephine for six months and prove the engagement is more than a business arrangement. Six months. One house. One contract. And two hearts determined never to fall in love. Josephine knows better than to hope for a man whose eyes are always searching for someone else. So she buries every smile, every stolen glance, and every heartbeat he awakens inside her within the pages of her private Heartbeat Journal—a place where loving him is the only secret she's allowed to keep. But the woman Leonardo believed he wanted slowly fades against the woman standing beside him every single day. The fiancée he never chose becomes the one person who fights for his family, stands beside him through every storm, and makes him question everything he thought he knew about love. When the six months slowly comes to an end, Leonardo is finally ready to choose. The only problem... Josephine has already decided she'll never be anyone's second choice. Will the words hidden inside her Heartbeat Journal finally reveal the love she tried so hard to bury... or will some heartbeats remain unheard forever? A captivating billionaire romance featuring an arranged engagement, forced proximity, slow-burn romance, family drama, jealousy, emotional tension, and a heroine who refuses to settle for being second. Sneak peek "What do you think you're doing?" Josephine asked cautiously, glancing at Leonardo, who stood close to her with one hand resting on her waist. She was puzzled because the Leonardo she knew never got this close to her in public. On the other hand, Leonardo acted like he didn't hear her question at all. The man she was talking to looked back and forth between them, clearly confused. Leonardo smirked and said to him, "What’s with that confused look? Can't I be this close to my fiancée?" The man was taken aback, and so was Josephine. She had no idea why he was telling him they were engaged especially since he hated anyone finding out about their arranged marriage. "I...I thought she was single," the man stammered. "No, she isn't. Do you need proof?" Before the man could respond, Leonardo turned Josephine's face toward him and kissed her right there in front of everyone.

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