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“Help me, please,” Bella pleaded, grasping his hands.
His dark eyes, devoid of warmth, pierced through hers with an unsettling coldness. "Why should I mess with those goons to help you?" he asked callously. 
“I’ll do anything you say,” she said without thinking, desperate. “Just save me from them.”
He demanded something that Bella had never anticipated even in her dreams. 
A contract marriage! 
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Bella Dawn was already in distress to pay her step father’s debts. To add her misery, her mother was diagnosed with liver disease and needed immediate transplant. 
Where would she get that much money? 
Then, like a cruel twist of fate, she accidentally encountered a handsome man, Theodore Reid, the enigmatic CEO of Ace Group. 
Rumors said that he was a ruthless businessman with a heart as cold as ice. Yet, to Bella, he was kind, rescuing her from the clutches of those who sought to exploit her.
She was grateful to him until he demanded something weird, shattering her pervious assumptions. He wanted to marry her. 
No
He wanted a contract marriage. 
In exchange, he would take care of her mother's treatment and compensate her generously at the end of their arrangement.
For Theodore, it was a solution born out of necessity, a means to appease his grandfather's demands for an heir while he searched for the one who had once saved him, his angel. 
Bella’s appearance reminded him of his savior. So, he offered her a contract marriage. It was a temporary solution to his grandfather’s demand to get an heir until he found his angel. 
With no other options left, Bella reluctantly agreed to the terms of the contract. But little did she know it would test her resolve and resilience like never before. 
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“Remember one thing, never fall in love with me,” he said, cold and dangerous. 
Bella gulped, nervous. “What if I do?” A sliver of defiance, a foolish question escaped her lips. She was already attracted to his handsome appearance. 
He squeezed her jaw and hissed, “You will regret it.”
“What if you started liking me?” she dared to ask. 
He leaned closer, his breath warm against her ear. "No chance," he scoffed. "You're not my type."
Bella’s heart sank.
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The Contract Bride of Mr. Reid

The office grew almost empty after the twilight. Ivy was still working, papers scattered across her desk. Her phone vibrated shattering the silence with a jolt.

The caller ID flickered, a familiar number sending a spark through her. She answered with a snap, urgency lacing her voice, "Did you find anything about her?"

Across the line, a deep, gravelly voice responded. "Miss Bella Dawn has been running from the moneylenders to avoid repaying debts. Her ancestral home is mortgaged as well. To escape the loan sharks and her abusive stepfather, she moved to the city. Interestingly, she has urgently gone back to her hometown. The moneylenders are demanding she repay the debts, or she will lose her house."

The words were like a cruel melody to Ivy's ears. A smile crept across her face. "Well, well… It seems she's in quite the predicament."

Theodore Reid is the mysterious man?