Arranged marriage with a billionaire stranger

ison

ns, and maybe even falling in love. Instead, I was staring down at the barrel of a shotgun wedding, an arranged marriage with a stranger rumored to be a ruthless Casanova with a string of broken hearts longer than my g

rs studying, building my career to someday meet up to my dad's expectations. The compa

with worry. "We can't afford to lose everything we've worked so hard to b

bubbling up inside me. " H

flaws, yes, but he's also a gentleman

ghed, the sound

with a stranger who's marrying me

addison," he said, his voice softening. "

were all sacrificed on the altar of our family's legacy. The weight of it all was crushing. I felt like a chess piece being

of Las Vegas, and I guessed that must have been the reason why my dad accepted his proposal without seeing the n

through years ago when my mom passed away. It was unbearable for me to even watch him. My dad loved my mom so much that even after nearly two decad

ed out I inherited the illness from her and since then, I'd been battling with it. I was n

r we had been engaged and were to be married soon, just for me to walk in on him having s

all, but what could I expect from a man this wealthy and powerful, moreover he's got th

him with another woman shattered that façade. I didn't want to care about him or his decisions, but the truth was, I did. I was angry not just because of his i

ce college times, and we had always been inseparable ever since then. It had always been Maddison and Linda, never one without the other. She w

s mansion and ordered my driver to take me to the nearest bar or cl

up and quickly told the driver to pull the car over. I just wanted to distr

rance but I was stopped

arty tonight. Everyone has to

the side, put it on my fac

ttle of whiskey to lighten up my mood.Vaguely, I noticed a man standing at the corner wa

ng he looked in the suit he wore. I instantly had

over him, I suddenly lo

existence, I had never cra

en able to think twice in my alcohol-filled sens

rred, my voice sounding

asked, hoping to get a positive rep

at me for a second be

ou. I'm sure you're aware of that. Now run along while this

st didn't care to worry about it as

casually. But then after a few st

me what to do? He h

umbled, "I... I'd like to see