The Billionaire’s Contract Wife

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He offered me five million a month to stay out of his sight. I smiled, took the card, and silently vowed to never fall for him. It didn’t work. Ginny has been poor her entire life. When she’s suddenly discovered as the long-lost daughter of a wealthy family, she thinks her luck has finally turned. Instead, she’s sent to marry Sebastian Sterling—the ruthless head of the Sterling Group, a man whispered to be so cold-blooded they call him “The Reaper.” On their first day as husband and wife, Sebastian barely looks at her. He slides a black card across the table. “The housekeeper deposits money monthly. Don’t appear before me if it’s not necessary. Especially if it is.” Ginny blinks back tears, takes the card, and clenches her fists—just to make sure she doesn’t accidentally laugh out loud. Everyone expects the beautiful but disposable Mrs. Sterling to be cast aside within months. Other women circle, waiting for her to fall. But they don’t know that the “poor little wife” has a secret. When a viral thread asks: “Your husband gives you fifty thousand a month but never comes home—would you accept?” Ginny logs onto her alt account and replies: “Fifty thousand? My husband gives me five million. He can come home or not—I’ll be traveling the world. If he wants to see me, he can make an appointment.” The post goes viral. The comments mock her mercilessly. That night, Sebastian finds her in a five-star hotel suite. His lips brush her ear, his voice low and dangerous. “So, Mrs. Sterling… about that appointment.” He thought he was buying a wife. She thought she was getting a paycheck. Neither expected to fall.