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Billionaire’s pawn
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Blurb:
How does it feel to be engaged to the cause of your problems? Zaria Sterling, after being ripped off of her family’s fortune is forced to fend for herself. This is until she comes across A ruthless billionaire whom she had no idea she was in a relationship with.
This is the reality Zaria faces as she realizes that she has signed her life and freedom into the hands of the devil, The one and Only Christian Ace.
Title: Billionaire's Pawn
Genre: Romance
Trope: Marriage of convenience.
Setting: 21st century. The USA.
Theme: Love, Disgust, Anger.
CHARACTERIZATION
Zaria Sterling(23)- A 5ft2 young zealous woman, with brown hair and green eyes, working to make means for herself and her family, especially her little brother Zane, after her family land and assets were seized.
In desperation she agreed to a marriage that she might regret.
Christian Ace(Male lead): The most feared man in the Ace family. After a time-range task was assigned to him, Christian had to find a way to fulfill it. And fast. He is 6ft2, brown hair and eyes and 32yrs of age.
Amanda Ace (side character): The most influential woman and head of the Ace family is a no-nonsense woman and doesn't take no for an answer, at least that is how she is to the outside world. But she treats her grandchildren better than anything because she adores them.
She has kept the family name so high no other can attain that. Her children doubled the standards and revenue under her strict watch.
But tragedy is about to strike.
It doesn't faze Amanda Ace and she had made peace with that already.
But she must keep the legacy running even in her absence.
She devises then a plan.
Lily Thompson(Villain): A 5ft8 tall lady with blonde features and blue eyes and 28years old. She is the only daughter of the Thompsons, a family competing against the Ace family.
PLOT
Exposition:
Zaria reluctantly agreed and applied to a famous company to relieve her financial burden. During said application, she had no idea the owner of the company interviewed her. She got the job and few weeks in developed a relationship with someone she thought was an employee.
Inciting incident: A few months later the relationship turned serious and though Zaria was scared, she continued the relationship until he proposed marriage to her.
She was then asked to sign a contract that would warrant her leaving the marriage after a year.
Rising Action:
In a twist, during an unexpected visitation she embarked on to surprise her husband, she discovered what led her to believe that her marriage was built on lies and she was used as a pawn for her husband to get what he wanted.
Plot Twist: Lily Thompson, the daughter of Ace's rival family decided to make advances on Christian and over throw Zaria. And he's grandmother was suddenly fueling her plans unknown to her. But unfortunately she dies.
Climax:
A stunning discovery revealed that her husband was not an employee but the owner of she company she worked at and also his family was the reason her father lost his land as his parents had used their influence to take it away from him, which led her to become a desperate enough to agree to the marriage.
And also found out that she must have known him a few months prior to their official meeting as they met in the bar she visited months ago and slept together while drunk.
But sadly due to family circumstances, she had to stay with him.
Denouement:
The strong bond Zaria and Christian had developed over time was strong enough to overcome what was between them including Lily who tried to sabotage their relationship.
After reconciling, they decided to make their marriage official by having a wedding and surprisingly Zaria was a few weeks pregnant.
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