CONTRACT OF FATE
Billionaire heir Alexander Sterling is tired of his mother’s relentless matchmaking with spoiled socialites. In a desperate move to escape, he proposes a contract marriage to Elena Carter, a struggling waitress he met on a drunken night at a restaurant. She sees it as a golden ticket to cover her mom's medical bills, unaware she’s stepping into a life of cold indifference and relentless torment. Bound for three years, their marriage is filled with icy glares and unspoken pain. But in their second year, a mistake leads to an unexpected pregnancy. Fearful of his wrath and threats of Eleanor, Elena hides the truth, enduring his cruelty in silence. As time passes, Alexander begins to feel something he never expected. But pride keeps him from showing it.
On the verge of the third year, unable to bear the suffering any longer, Elena disappears, presumed dead. Devastated, Alexander is haunted by regret, not knowing she has survived and given birth to their twins. Years later, fate brings them back together this time, as equals.
Wealthy. Independent. A mother of two. Elena is no longer the fragile woman he once controlled. But their reunion is complicated by the arrival of Matteo De Luca, a ruthless Italian billionaire with a vendetta against Alexander and an interest in Elena. With enemies on all sides and unresolved emotions between them, will love conquer all? Or will the past destroy any chance of redemption?
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Chapter: Chapter 20 Alexander’s POV“I would rather show you in person,” He said cautiously and with a sense of urgency. “Where are you?” I asked him.“At the office, Sir.”“Okay, meet me in the conference room.” I said, then ended the call.Victor’s voice never sounded this urgent so I knew it had to be serious for him to call me like this.I put on my clothes, took my car keys and drove to the office. Normally, I would tell my driver to drive me but I knew it was a private matter so I decided to go alone.When I arrived, Victor was already waiting, a folder in his hands and a grim expression on his face.“What did you find?” I asked him, my patience wearing thin.Victor opened the folder and spread the documents across the table.“These messages were sent to Reymond from someone inside the company,” He said. “At first, we thought it was just an employee, but the level of detail in these encrypted messages suggest something else.”I frowned, looking at the documents.“What kind of detail?”“Schedules,
Last Updated: 2025-04-08
Chapter: Chapter 19Elena’s POVRyan walked beside me as we left the hospital. The silence surrounding us was heavy, a weight I couldn't lift no matter how I tried.The doctor’s words kept echoing in my mind. “Her health is declining. Prepare for the possibility that she may not have much time left.” I wanted to scream, to blame someone for my mother’s health declining but I had to be strong for Ryan. He had only me and if I broke down, he would too. Mum wouldn’t want that.I placed a hand on Ryan’s arm as we reached the car. “Let’s go home.” I said softly.He nodded. His face was pale and neutral.Neither of us spoke throughout the drive home. We just sat there staring outside but the silence spoke volumes.By the time we got home. My real home, the apartment I lived in for half of my life before I got married. Ryan collapsed onto the couch. “I don’t know what to do, Elena.” He finally said, his voice breaking a little. “I don’t want to lose her.”“We won’t Ryan. We’re not giving up.” I said firmly. “
Last Updated: 2025-04-02
Chapter: Chapter 18Alexander’s POVThe office was suffocating. The air was heavy with the weight of unanswered questions. I stood by the window, staring outside and thinking, my jaw clenched tightly.Reymond was a shadow seeping into every corner of my life.I spent hours going through the document. Trying to piece together his next move with Daniel and Victor, yet it felt like no matter how much I worked, or how much I read through the files, I couldn’t find anything. I was always two steps behind him.That was the thing about my father. He was the man who played the long game.The company was my life. I sacrificed too much to let him get it.“Sir,” Victor called, snapping me out of my thoughts. He stood by the door to my office, a cautious expression on his face.“What is it?” I asked sharply.“We have received confirmation that Reymond has been meeting with additional shareholders,” he said, stepping inside and placing a folder on my desk. “He’s gaining numbers.”I flipped through the folder, checkin
Last Updated: 2025-04-01
Chapter: Chapter 17Elena’s POV“Elena,” He said, his voice panicked. “It’s mom.”My heart stopped. “What happened?”“She collapsed.” He said quickly. “As she was taking a walk in the hospital but she has been taken back to her room now.”I grabbed my coàt and rushed out the door. I called Henry to take me to the hospital. The drive to the hospital wasn’t long but all through, my mind kept racing with worst-case scenarios.When I arrived, I saw Ryan sitting in front of the room staring at his hands. “Ryan.” I called out to him.He looked up in shock. Then he got up and hugged me.“It’s alright. Mum is going to be okay.” I said, rubbing his hair.“What exactly happened?”“I came to see mum. So she said she wanted to go for a walk.” He said, his voice shaking. “I took permission and she said it was okay so I took mum, we were just talking and laughing and suddenly, she just collapsed.” He was barely audible now, the tears in his voice trying to come out fully.“It’s okay, Alright?” I told him, holding his
Last Updated: 2025-03-28
Chapter: Chapter 16Elena's POVThe morning light shone through the large windows of the Sterling mansion, reflecting on the marble floors.I sat in the corner of the grand sitting room, sipping a cup of tea I really didn't want. The house was quiet and I woke up with a headache so Maria made a hot cup of herbal tea to soothe the headache.She was the only one who actually cared for me since I started staying here.The wedding. The whispers. The coldness in his voice when he told me we would be sleeping in seperate rooms.I hadn't seen Alexander since the night of the wedding. He’d thrown himself inside work since his father arrived. Leaving me to wander this massive house on my own.I wasn’t angry, not exactly.But there was a growing ache in my chest, a feeling of loneliness I couldn’t shake.I’d married him for my family, for Ryan and Mom. But now, I was beginning to wonder if i had made the biggest mistake of my life.I knew Alexander was dealing with his father, with the company, with things I could
Last Updated: 2025-03-28
Chapter: Chapter 15Alexander's POV The day was finally over. The sterling mansion, once buzzing with noise and activity, had grown quiet all because of Reymond sterling, my so-called father. His name alone made me boil and so angry. I hated him so much. I was married. The weight of the wedding ring on my hand felt so heavy. I stood in the doorway of my room after that whole scene in the study. I needed to refresh and look at that document again. Elena had to watch everything. She saw a side of our family no one had seen and now I knew she had questions but I couldn't answer them. I was exhausted. I turned to see her behind me. She was still in her reception gown. The glow of the corridor lamps softened her features. Making her look so innocent and beautiful. She was tired though. It showed in her face. She glanced up when she noticed me staring at her. “Alexander.” Her voice was low and quiet. “The wedding is over.” I said coldly. “The deal is sealed. We are legally married.” She didn'
Last Updated: 2025-03-25
Bound By The CEO's Contract
Natalie Harper leads a simple life. A trained professional secretary, she had always been diligent, organized, and committed to staying out of trouble. Her uneventful life is upended when her gruff boss, Alexander Hayes-a wealthy CEO-makes her an offer she can't refuse: a marriage contract.
Alexander needs a fiancée to save his reputation and to get that crucial business contract, and Natalie fits perfectly. From the beginning, it would seem pretty easy: she gets financial security, and he saves his company. But getting into Alexander's glittering world is far from simple.
Thrown into a whirlwind of lavish parties, prying socialites, and Alexander's guarded past, Natalie quickly realizes she is in over her head. Things get even more complicated when Alexander's ex-fiancée resurfaces, determined to wreak havoc. As old secrets start to unravel, Natalie begins to question everything-especially her own feelings.
The more time she spends by Alexander's side, the more impossible it is not to feel the emotions she was so determined to keep out of their deal.
Is this a game he is playing, or is there really something genuine behind those cold and remote eyes? Can Natalie navigate his world of deceit and power, or will she lose herself in the process?
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Chapter: CHAPTER THIRTY SIXThe morning light filtered in gently through the curtains, I stirred beneath my sheets, blinking as my eyes opened into the calmness of the new day. My hand, still half-asleep, fumbled along the side of the bed as it brushed against my phone, which was still lying face down gainst the mattress. Right where I had dropped it last night before sleeping off.I lay still for a second, breathing in the fresh air.The ceiling above my head was still faintly blurred by the remnant of sleep in my eye, but I wasn’t groggy. Not really. All I felt was this rare stillness, the kind that made me realize I hadn’t tossed or turned during my unconscious state.It was even unbelievable that my sleep had not come with the usual nightmares and that alone was almost unsettling.I stretched out my limbs slowly, the joints of my shoulders and spine cracking with a satisfying pop, letting out a yawn that nearly unhinged my jaw. My chest was steadily rising and falling as I let the quietness settle in
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Chapter: CHAPTER THIRTY FIVE(NATALIE POV)I didn’t stop moving until I was as close to the end of the hallway as possible, my pulse a repeatitive thud against my ribs. The hallway was dim, shadows from the sconces spread across the wooden floors.I moved quickly past the framed portraits, wound tightly around my phone, the vibration still humming against my palm.Finally I slipped into my room, shut the door and leaned against the door for a second, holding the phone to my ear as my eyes dimmed.“Alex.” I whispered.His voice came at once with neither pleasantry nor preamble.“Like I said earlier I know who it was.”I straightened up feeling my breath becoming shallow, the anticipation was making my heart beat faster.Alexander was still speaking,“I had one of my private investigators follow the trail of the man on the screen. That’s how we found out it was Victor Lawson.”I blinked.Victor Lawson? For real the same Victor Lawson?I knew the man.Even before the contract, in my first few months as Alexand
Last Updated: 2025-04-04
Chapter: CHAPTER THIRTY FOUR(NATALIE POV)The car had barely stopped before Sophie leaned over with her fingers lightly drumming on the wheel."See you tomorrow Babe"I nodded, reaching for the door handle. "First thing.""And don’t overthink it tonight, Ellie." Her voice was softer now, heavy with a knowing kind of concern.I forced a small smile, pushing the door open. "I won’t."Sophie didn’t look convinced, but she let it go with a small shake of her head. "Alright. Just go inside before your mom decides to send a search party."With a final wave, I stepped out, feeling the caress of the late evening breeze as Sophie started to pull away. The front yard was soon before me, but I wasn’t quite ready to go in just yet.I exhaled slowly, wandering toward the stone bench beneath the large sycamore tree at the far left. On getting there, I lowered myself onto the bench, tilting my head back to stare at the dark sky. Alexander’s voice on the phone about an hour ago was still ringing in my ears, edged with u
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Chapter: CHAPTER THIRTY THREE(GENERAL POV)The room was very dim, it's walls had shadows stretching ominously along the paneled walls. A haze of smoke coiled through the air, the smoke was coming from a long, polished pipe held between the fingers of the man seated behind the massive desk. One of his fingers had an oversized ring, and it kept tapping against the desk’s surface. The sound was the only thing that filled the silence apart from the occasional creak of the leather chair as the man shifted slightly.Two men in dark suits were standing by him, their expressions unbelievably serious.Their hands folded before them, but their presence alone was a warning. Standing in front of the boss, was a man whose body seemed to shrink with every passing second.The cowering man also wore a suit like the others, but it didn’t fit him as perfectly. His knees were bent slightly, his head lowered, as though he wished the ground would swallow him up.The boss inhaled deeply from his pipe as his dark eyes bored in
Last Updated: 2025-04-01
Chapter: CHAPTER THIRTY TWOBells restaurant as usual was comfortably packed today, a mixture of professionals unwinding after a long day and couples sharing quiet dinners.Sophie was opposite me leaning back in her chair, pulling out her phone with a casual flash of her wrist.I sat across from her, with distant eyes and my thoughts distant, scattered. The noise of the restaurant soon faded into a low buzz as I stared blankly into space absently tracing the rim of my glass with my thumb.Sophie had her phone glued to her ear. “Hey, Matt,”She was saying to the other person on the line who was infact her immediate younger brother Matthew.“Yeah, I’m still at Bells with Natalie. No, I didn’t forget ” She rolled her eyes, with her cheeks lifting slightly.“I said I’ll send it when I get home. Just chill.”She listened for a second, her expression shifting into something between amusement and mild exasperation. “Seriously, what do you even need it for right this second? You’re not” She stopped, sighing. “Fine
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Chapter: CHAPTER THIRTY ONEThe security gates opened up at once as my car sped into the headquarter building of the Capital News.The digital screen at the entrance flashed a brief acknowledgment of my credentials before granting me access, I barely gave it a single glance. My SUV hummed softly as I guided it into the VIP section of the lot.Then with a swift turn of my key, I killed the engine. I stepped out fluidly, shutting the door behind me as I pressed my thumb against the biometric lock.I didn’t slow my pace as I headed toward the entrance, barely acknowledging the lower staff members who had turned at the sound of my arrival. I could sense their curious eyes following me, some of them shifting awkwardly, as if unsure whether to greet me or pretend they hadn’t seen me. Not that any of that mattered. I had no time for pleasantries actually.I kept my head up as I pushed through the glass doors, my steps firm and purposeful.It wasn't long before I spotted the reception desk, but I didn’t stop.My ey
Last Updated: 2025-03-26
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