Billionaire's Marriage Deal

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go, before

p, the scent of a man who had ruled this empire long before I ever stepped foot into the boardroom. My footsteps, on cold ma

ss that had racked him for the last year. His eyes flicked up from the docum

een us. "You wanted to see me," I said, my tone deadpan. Thi

ing toward the chair a

nds, once firm and steady, shaking ever so slightly as he folded the papers. Not a word of cancer, not until

air. "You've done well with Wells Enterprise. You've mana

t a compliment. It was a prologue

ing into mine, "there's one

'but.' There wa

tter-of-factly, as if he were dis

didn't really know how to

t on. "They're loyal to me, but when I'm gone, that'll shi

is wasn't news. I'd been preparing for this transition

d, my voice edged with disbelief. "I've been running t

world. You know it better than everybody else. You have power, but

e. This was nothing short of time wastage. I didn't need his approva

id slowly, heavy, "b

life around being self-sufficient, avoiding distractions-cutting off any

w you are more than a ruthless businessman. They want to know there i

at I must have mis

nflexible. "It's my last wi

"You are seriously telling me that in order to inherit

d. "Do I look li

e wasn't. My father never

company will go to the board and you will lose control. They'll tear it apart piece

is words sinking in. It was my whole life, everything I had worked for, all to be held hostage by one condition: marriage.

ne," I snarled between gritted teeth.

t but unrelenting. "It's about legacy. You've done every

chair back on the floor. "I don't

, "but you need

owed beneath my feet. It wasn't supposed to be this way. I was in control. I was in power. And in on

ing I had dedicated

is isn't just about the company. It's about you. I want you to have som

him, my express

weakening. "A year to find someone. I

hat I was today. I didn't need love. I didn't need a wife. But I needed Wel

the words tasting bitter on m

limmer in his eyes of somethin

d out of the room, the weight of his

No, this would be a transaction-a deal like any other

ar to find a wife.