In a quiet moment, he confessed, his deep, commanding voice resonating, "Marry me." Startled, Mia glanced around the opulent office, her eyes darting, before her nostrils flared in disbelief. "Are you addressing me? This is absurd! You kidnapped me, and now this?"
"You owe me," he stated, his piercing grey gaze locking onto hers, hands casually resting in his tailored suit pants. Mia glared back, her anger clear, "Xavier Singh, I'll never say 'I do' to you. You're conceited, disrespectful, and gruff..."
"Your mother's medical bills," he interrupted, his words cutting through her tirade. Her lips clamped shut, shock widening her eyes.
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Mia Lopez, a determined 24-year-old aspiring actress, was driven by a single goal: to rise in the entertainment world without compromising her values. Her strategy: "Gain fame, wealth, and save Mom from her illness."
Their initial encounter with Xavier Singh, the enigmatic CEO of X-World Entertainment, left her reluctantly engaged to the billionaire. The arrangement: in exchange for her mother's life-changing surgery, she would assist him in expanding his family's colossal empire, the wealthiest conglomerate in California.
Yet, could this一年婚姻契约, signed without any emotional strings, blossom into a love story, despite their contentious start?
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He warned, "Stay distant, don't let yourself fall for me." And she retorted, "And keep your hands off, creep." A sardonic eyebrow arched as he chuckled, "Perhaps you should see your reflection, you don't possess the allure that attracts someone like me."
