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"Shying away from your wifely duties, little wife?" He questioned in a husky voice, lowering his face to hers.

Ariel quickly turned her head away, "No, Mr. Chaz, you're misunderstanding me again," She voiced quietly.

Aiden scoffed, not believing her. He looked down at his chest and found her slim hand still placed against it.

"You're quite corny, Ariel. Saying you don't want me, yet you're hands are all over me," Aiden whispered in her ear.

***

After overhearing her father and stepmother planning how they were going to marry her off in place of her Stepsister to the unsuccessful son of their debtor. That night,  Ariel plans her run away, but that same night, Ariel mysteriously gets kidnapped.

Waking up to discover she'd been kidnapped by the same people she was trying to run away from made her life seem like it had hit rock bottom.

Now, she was going to be forced into a marriage with a man she didn't know and didn't love. But, would everything remain the same for her when she discovers that her new husband was the richest Billionaire in the country?

Chaz Aiden was a successful billionaire with billions of businesses all over the world and zero interest in women, especially after his mother had divorced his father for a richer man. When his grandmother asked him to do him a favor by marrying the Hudson family's daughter, he knew it was for the sake of greed.

He swore to make his new wife's life a living hell, making sure he reminded her that she would always be an object he purchased, contracted and never to be loved.

Billionaire's Contracted & Unloved Wife

Ariel paused for a second, and then shook her head, "You do?" She asked, smiling up at him.

Aiden didn't realize that he also had a smile curling up his lips, "Answer my question first, Ariel; what if I loved you? What would you do?" He asked softly, taking a hand behind her neck and staring deeper into her eyes.

Ariel sighed. "If my husband loves me...I'd love him back," she shrugged.

Aiden closed his eyes for a second to let her words sink in; she didn't call him Aiden, not even Mr. Chaz; she had called him 'Husband.'

For the first time, he felt the impact of the word, and she had said it with no mockery or sarcasm; she said it as if she meant it and it made him feel so cherished and... loved?

"Come on," He slowly stood, lifting her with him.

He carefully helped her down from the bath and picked up a towel and gently wiped her body from the excess water.

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