Chi Akin
Chi Akin's Book(1)
THE CONTRACTUAL HEARTBEAT
Romance When a rebellious artist is forced to fake an engagement with a billionaire CEO, sparks fly, secrets unravel, and an AI predicts heartbreak.
Elena Marquez lives for chaos, color, and graffiti-covered wall,s not corporate contracts and coldhearted billionaires. But when she tags the wrong Silicon Valley skyscraper, she lands in the crosshairs of Lucas Thorn: the tech tycoon known for his trillion-dollar empire, zero emotional bandwidth, and a scandal threatening to ruin him.
To avoid jail, Elena signs the deal of a lifetim pretendingnd to be Lucas's fiancée and playing the perfect partner in his ultra-controlled world. But living in his penthouse is anything but glamorous. His A.I., Project Heartbeat, keeps insisting they're 99.9% incompatible. His rules are suffocating. And his stolen glances? Infuriating.
Lucas doesn't do feelings. Or mess. But Elena's fire awakens something dangerous, something no algorithm can predict. As their fake relationship spirals into undeniable passion, an enemy hacks his empire, exposing Elena's past and threatening everything they've built.
Now, their contract has become a war between logic and love.
And the only thing more unpredictable than Elena Marquez...
Is what's beating inside Lucas Thorn's chest. You might like
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SarahBlythe. "I want a divorce Noah", I said to him. My heart beating and knees weak. I was scared of how he would react.
'He should be happy right? I mean I am giving him a way out of the bondage of a marriage', I said to myself.
Noah expression darkened and I could see his jaw tighten. He stood up and took slow steady steps towards me with both hands in his pocket.
I immediately got scared and moved backwards.
Noah Wellesley isn't the abusive type but he hates me to the bone, I wasn't sure what he is capable of.
"Wh-what are you doing?", I asked, still moving backwards. Before approaching him for the request of divorce, I promised to be strong and not to let him intimidate me but... he is Noah Wellesley, the only man I have loved, and maybe still love.
"What did you say?", He growled and I flinched.
"I want to end this sham of a marriage, shouldn't you be happy?!", I suddenly found the courage to speak back.
"And what makes you think I would be happy if we divorce?", He uttered and my brows furrowed.
What did he mean by that?
I stopped moving and he soon caught up to me, his eyes dancing on my lips and I saw the hidden feelings in his eyes.
'Why is he like this?', I asked myself.