Contract Marriage: Bound To A Notorious Tycoon

had finally returned to her homelan

tacked with suitcases as her tall coworker

lightly, he said, "

ported her financially. At her hardest moments, she had picked crops in fields and taken exhausti

her with empty hands, casual

shook their heads, while a few could

ike a porter just to impress

ike that. They're willing

t guests, unexpectedly thought of the girl he had sent overseas. Seven ye

ike the woman being mocked, making sac

by financial need, but Kristina had received thirty thousand dollars

ia, that amount was more than enough

icularly challenging. She only needed to co

r her to mature and gain some perspectiv

up, and asked, "Didn't you mention traveling to Mekania to recruit that up

dly. As a member of the nation's top academies and recipient of a prestigious international scientific a

act, with several major pharmaceutical re

fied researcher to take over and ensur

der's most gifted student, the

ted his gaze from the game he

orating his left ear and replied lazily, "Zero is actuall

ce extended far beyond business, and with his extensive connections

of Jason. "How old is Zer

ied, "Yes, she's our compatriot. I know nothi

ew," Jason remarked. "Still, it's unusual for someone of he

omeone nearby announced, "

arrival gate. Moments later

ment he saw Rylan, he enthusiastically open

ing the embrace, he simply o

n behalf of the government, Jason stepped

tings, Jason prepared to arrang

d, "Just a moment. We're still waiting

arrival the my

ely turned toward the sp

ans and a plain shirt, she was partially hidden behind a m

woman who had just been the

her, Rylan's calm voice cut through the air.

esitated, failing to grasp t

at one another

understanding, they coul

struggled to kee

's leading pharmaceutical firm, Rylan'

oman then emerged from behind the stacked suitcases and said

d the impression that she was willingly d

before turning away, while Jason stood roote

yelashes. When she smiled, her eyes softened into crescents

reconcile this poised young woman

t, Kristina's gaz

ly. His handsome features remained unchange

na. So much appeared unchanged, ye

handed her, she entered Room 3206 expecting to find Jason. Instead, a complete strang

see the other clearly. What lingered in her memory was only the wa

ke by a sharp slap delivered by Vicki Col

h accusations of being shameless

t. She had been the one wronged, so why had Vicki distorted the

er virginity, and the future she had planned. Denied the chance to sit for

ft with nothing. When she eventually managed to borrow a phone and reach out to Jason, he dis

new how close she had come to becoming another victim. Had she not crossed paths with two compassiona

it snugly into place. Then she raised her gaze to Ja

composed himself, though a mixture

poke gently. "Kristina, how h

d his gaze, cau

admitting the opposite was difficult when

herself to say sh

less or seriously ill, she had received no h

ched out to her. Even a single phone c

ay on her own when they insulted

o the belief that they would eventually soften, dialing a number that

tively reached out his hand, intend

the trolley, using the actio

stiff and uncertain, before slowl

t into his arms, breaking down as she release

him, distant and guarded, clea

an eighteen-year-old overseas alone; even with fina

easons to return-sometimes claiming robbery, so

in his chest. Even after seven years, she sti

uggage. Kristina offered Jason a brief apologe

e trolley, she cast him a brief

handsome men in her life,

harp, intense, and almost intimidating in his beauty,

as a strang

him a small nod and contin

ell, and they passed without ac

of lemon scent reached Rylan, trigge

y, replaced by sharp alertness. He inhaled again, fo

nded with lavender, underli

scent was identical to the one from the wo

alled sharpl