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tted him sitting at a table by the window, his eyes fixed intently on her. He d

to the table. She had no idea what to expect from this me

movements fluid and menacing. He towered over

low and gravelly. "It's nice

intimidated. "No problem," sh

wn, and Belle did so, feeling a

, Adam leaned back in his chair and fix

ces at Adam. She was curious about

"I hear you're in a bit of a bind, something about n

words have bee

oup we are talking about; rumors

s require the CEO to be married. It's an old-fashioned rule, but it's one I have to

nting with interest. "And you're

band exactly. It's just that...well, I don't have a lot of time to devote to dating ri

y. "I see. Well, I have

offer for me?

act. Let's have a c

contract

are condit

ight now? You want to ge

You are Belle Bailison, only child of Catherine and R

prise. "Wow, wow. So you're

e it worth your while. But I need to make one thing clear: this would be a business arrangement, nothing

to your conditions an

If you are not married in the next 72 hours, you will lose ev

think you are that you think you can

actually finding love in the next three days then you are a joker and

truth. She had been struggling to find a

o you stand to gain from this agreement?" Belle

int in his eye. "I want 25% o

in shock. "25%? That'

he risk of marrying you and helping you retain the CEO pos

cracking jokes, you should

ou are in dire need of help right now and I'm the only

his lunch date and I saw that you are a successful businessman, so I still don't underst

about here Belle, I might be doing we

arents worked for to greedy stakeholders

kept

ose the CEO position and her shares in the company

ll agree to this?" Belle

spreading across his face. "Because Belle, you'

nt a whole

res, while the stakeholders are sharing the ot

ky for me and

o Belle. "In case you change your mind, sign it and contact me. Remember it's meant to b

up and left; leaving

ing with the implications of Adam's