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Through the ashes
Billionaires BOOK TITLE: Through the ashes;A love rekindled.
GENRE: Billionaire romance
TROPE: Contract marriage,betrayal,second chance.
SETTING: San Francisco
SYNOPSIS
Emma Wesseling's life is turned upside down when her indifferent father arranges her marriage to Evan Juniper, the notorious heir of the Lotus Leaf Group. Forced into a loveless union to fulfill a family deal, Emma faces humiliation and emotional torment as Evan parades his infidelity.
Cast out of her marriage by Evan due to the schemes of her sister,she is at her lowest when Alex comes in, helping her to heal and in the process rekindle the dying embers of love in her.
However,her past comes back to haunt her as Evan tries to shatter her new found joy. Will he succeed?
Find out more in this soul stirring tale of love and betrayal!
CHARACTERIZATION
EMMA WESSELING: The daughter of pharmaceutical mogul Wesselling Farrow. Standing at just 5'8 the 22 year old is an absolute stunner. With her ice blue eyes,aface that could topple nations and a perfect figure she is every man's desire. She is an intelligent lady who has a tender heart towards all. This tenderness however often leads to her getting the shorter end of the stick.
EVAN JUNIPER: (Male lead) Heir of the famous and influential Lotus leaf group,Evan is your typical 25 year old second generation playboy. Handsome and reckless he is utterly infuriated when he to marry Emma. He is abusive and eventually breaks the contract between them,a decision he later comes to regret.
ALEXANDER MOCHI: A Self made billionaire and CEO of the Mochi group. He was the one that helped Emma through her toughest times. He later marries her when they discover that they have a lot in common. He loves her dearly and does everything to take care of her.
LAURA WESSELLING: Emma's stepsister. She is the major disrupter of Emma's life due to the envy and jealousy she has towards her. Together with her mother they hatch various evil plans in order to make Emma's life miserable.
PLOT
The story kicks off at the dining table inside the Wesseling estate . The Wesseling family patriarch,Laura and her stepmother are seated at the table having dinner,while discussing in hushed tones. Emma as usual is cast away to the side though she also makes efforts to hide her presence.
Done with dinner Emma is about to head to her room when the Wesseling patriarch tells her to wait back before announcing indifferently that she is getting married to the heir of the Lotus leaf group:Evan Juniper,as part of fulfilling his quota of their agreement. She tries to object to this sudden arrangement as Evan is notoriously promiscuous but is shut down by her father who deals her a slap. Her stepmother and sister gloat at her misfortune causing her to realise it's a plan of theirs.
She calls her bosom friend,Emily,who consoles her as she is also helpless. A week later she signs the marriage contract that's skewed with various inequalities. After signing the contract,the representatives of the two families leave the room to Evan and Emma on the basis of getting to know each other. Evan pins Emma against the wall accusing her of ruining his life. She tries to explain but is roughned up by Evan who threatens her,telling her not to ever think that he'll love her before leaving the room.
She tears up as she laments her fate.
A month later she gets engaged to Evan in the most lavish way possible.
INCITING INCIDENCE
They've been married for three months now with Evan doing as he said. He treats her like a total stranfer yet is extremely possessive about her. She tries various methods to make the relationship work as per her friends advice though none works. It's also now that she knows why Evan has a terrible reputation;he's an extreme womanizer even going as far as bringing the women home to have sex with on her matrimonial bed. She tries to confront him but is always too timid to do so. She has tried telling her father but he's always shrugging her off.
She consults her best friend,Emily who emboldens her to confront him. On getting home that night she does confront him,a plan which goes awry as Evan is drunk. In a moment of lust they both share a night of passion for the first time in the past three months.
The next day there is a difference in how Evan treats her. After their passionate session the barriers between the two of them seem to have been broken as Evan reduces his rate of womanizing while paying her more attention. Emma is excited as this is great news. She tells Emily and her father who is surprised at this and for the first time since her mother's death apologizes to her.
Unknown to her,this piece of good news makes Laura jealous. She is envious that Evan is actually falling for Emma as she expects her to suffer from him. In her jealousy she and her mother hatch a plan where to implicate Emma and snatch Evan in the process.
One early morning after seeing Evan off to work,Emma feels nause You might like
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Never did, never will.
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Micah gears up for an uphill battle.
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"Impotent? Are you serious?" He gripped her wrist and a dangerous glint flashed in his eyes.
"I'm a woman, Gadreel. I'm tired of being in a sexless marriage. Let's end it once and for all."
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