Nico Vann is poised to become the next CEO of Vannevar Software, until his grandfather gives him an ultimatum - get married or lose his place in the company. Nico has sworn to never marry or have children, thanks to his own parents' tumultuous marriage and messy divorce, but his grandfather has other plans for him.

Rebecca Owens is unemployed and on the verge of bankruptcy, thanks to an ex-boyfriend who ran up debts in her name and then disappeared. She lands a temporary job at Vannevar Software and unexpectedly kindles a friendship with her temporary boss, Nico Vann. When he abruptly proposes marriage, she accepts--but both of them see it as nothing more than a business transaction, despite their mutual attraction and growing regard. Will the trauma of their pasts destroy their pretend marriage and their burgeoning relationship?

The Billionaire's Pretend Marriage is created by Gianna Fargo, an eGlobal Creative Publishing signed author. 

The Billionaire's Pretend Marriage

One month later, Rebecca sat on the toilet in the master bath in the condo, staring down in disbelief at the white stick in her hand.


It was the fourth one she’d taken. After the first one had turned positive, she’d been sure it must be a fluke. A mistake. So she’d gone to a 24-hour pharmacy and bought three more tests, each one a different brand than the first one. And every single one had come up positive.


Well, she knew how it had happened given that they’d had sex every day—sometimes twice a day—for the last month. That wasn’t altogether unusual for a newly married couple, granted, but theirs was supposed to be a pretend marriage. It had morphed, by tacit and mutual consent, into a pretend marriage with benefits.


She and Nico hadn’t spent a night in separate beds since their wedding night—the one night they hadn’t used protection. 


Chapter 34: One Month Later