The Widowed CEO's Contract Bride

eanna at all. Anyone in their right mind w

any sense. Did you hit your head

lly need your help. I don't know wh

ined silent. Still, the worr

school, still young, and deeply in love, but they hadn't been c

e will believe this. Your family does

er, and he agreed. Please, D

er courage and finally spoke, a

strict about these things. They won't allow Harry to marry me if his older brother isn'

aura was about her bab

ke that these days. But I've only seen

et married, then Daniel, Harry's widowed older brother, needed to remarry

ck in another era. This was the only way I could think of, and

? Do I just walk in one day and tell them

s getting you married as soon as possible. Once that's done, we'll h

lous, yet it was starting to make sense. She cared too much about her friend, and when

ght,

eanna? This is incr

on,

You're amazing! Laura,

t least let me meet your

a dinner so the four of u

s arms and held her close, pressing soft kisses to her cheeks as he tried to calm her down. Anyone could see how deeply they loved

uch rigid traditions. Even so, turning them down didn't feel right after everything they had shared. She had known Harry since his first days at the Arts Un

realized there was nothing romantic between them. What they had felt more like siblings than anything else. Fr

als. Deanna's story was nothing like theirs. She grew up with just her mother and

er mother, who had already done so much just to send her to study in the capital. Singing came naturally to Deanna, a gift she

ad wanted him to follow a more traditional path like law, medicine, or business, just like his brother Daniel. In the end, thing

know about this

?" Laura

on't want them to believe this marriage will last forever, only to see me div

l keep everything as low-key

to move fast. Once Deanna and Daniel got married, Harry and Laura planned to run off together and begin their life

had all been temporary. It wouldn't raise suspicion. Couples split all the time after realizing they weren

the good news. I'll also ask when h

know who I am?

rsity. There was no point telling him it was y

ht, I

not as hard to deal with as people m

mean by 'hard to deal

ar. Still, Harry's right. Once you get used to him, h

st signed myself up for

strict, nothing like Deanna's easygoing and lively nature. Even so, he agreed to help for the sake of his future niece or nephew. When he

Daniel has three kids

ha

n, Naomi, a

re your sister's ki

still single,

od," Dea

g to be a gr

I might just walk away from

You alrea

e," Dean

y she was. Deanna was willing to go this far for them. She was about to become a mother, and the man she loved was ab

ce they always visited. Deanna and Harry ended up drinking more beer than they should have, and

She sank into the mattress and didn't move, completely out cold. At that moment, Deanna had no c