The CEO's Contractual Wife

Chapter 9

Chapter 9

Olivia

He held out the folder. I didn’t take it. My hands remained firmly in my lap, though I couldn’t deny the curiosity building inside me.

“What is that?” I asked, eyeing the manila folder with suspicion.

“A draft of our agreement. Not finalized, of course. I’d want your input on the terms.”

I laughed without humor. “You already had this drawn up? Before even speaking to me?”

“I like to be prepared.” He placed the folder on the coffee table between us. “Take it home, read it, and then decide.”

My curiosity got the better of me. I reached for the folder and flipped it open.

The first page was a standard legal header, but what caught my eye was the figure: $1,000,000 to be transferred im- mediately upon signing. My eyes widened involuntarily.

“Keep reading,” Alexander prompted.

I flipped through the pages, skimming the dense legal text. Promotion to Senior Marketing Strategist. Relocation to the Carter estate. Public appearances as a couple. The divorce settlement: $5,000,000.

Then I reached a section that made my blood run cold.

“Duration of marriage: minimum one year, with potential extension based on the circumstances…”

“Extension?” I looked up sharply. “What does that mean?”

“Just a precaution. If my grandfather becomes suspicious, we might need to extend.”

I continued reading, my face growing hotter with each paragraph.

“Cohabitation in the same bedroom… public displays of affection… sexual relations as required to maintain the ap- pearance of a normal marriage…”

I slammed the folder shut. “Sexual relations? Are you kidding me?”

the decency to look embarrassed. “It’s a marriage, Olivia. People would expect certain

isn’t a marriage. It’s a business transaction.” I stood up, clutching the folder like it might bite

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my legs hit the couch behind

be frank, Olivia.” His voice dropped to a dangerous octave, sending an unwelcome shiver down my spine. “I have

face flamed. “That’s

closer, his expensive and masculine cologne filling my senses. “If I’m seen visiting hotel rooms or bringing women to my house while married to you, people will talk.

reacting to his proximity. “So what?

darkened at my crude language. “Is that what you think this is? Me ordering you to spread your legs when- ever I snap

waving the contract. “It’s right here in black and

forces himself on unwilling women. But I am a man with a healthy sex drive who won’t be

blouse. I crossed

is supposed to be a business arrangement,” I said, hating how breathless I

wife. That’s what you

a fancy label on it doesn’t change what it

The casual intimacy of the gesture made my skin tingle.

jerked away from his touch. “I’d call it prostitution

surprise that I’d speak to

voice even. “Read through it. If there are terms you want to negotiate, we can discuss

still clutched in

through my body. “Think about it, Olivia. Five million dollars. Your father’s surgery. Your brothers’ needs are taken

clean.”

he know about my brothers? The fact that he’d dug so deeply

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