Marianne Labuschagne

Mia's life turns around when she eavesdrops on a billionaire conversation and dents his car. Allen makes Mia his substitute bride when he finds out his fiance has been cheating on him.  Mia turns from a girl with debts to a billionaire's wife in just a day. After she signs a contract to be the billionaire's wife for a year,  she is determined to stay until the end just because of the payment she will receive. Will she be able to abide by all the rules of the contract? Will she be able to stay with him for a year even though his ex keeps trying to break them apart?

"How are you really?" Alexander said, taking a sip of his water. "I'm... fine," I replied automatically, then reconsidered. "Actually, I'm better than I expected to be. Turns out finding your boyfriend having s*x with your friend puts things in perspective." A ghost of a smile touched his lips. "I imagine it would." "However," he leaning forward slightly, "there is something I'd like to discuss with you." "I need a wife." His voice was steel wrapped in velvet. "And you're going to marry me." Water sprayed across the coffee table as I choked mid-sip. "I'm sorry, what?" Olivia Morgan's world is turned upside down when she walks in on her boyfriend betraying her with her friend. Devastated and drowning in debt, she's thrust into an unlikely arrangement with Alexander Carter, the cold and calculating CEO of Carter Enterprises. In exchange for a year-long marriage of convenience, Olivia receives the money she desperately needs—and a promotion she never expected. But as their fake relationship blurs the lines between business and pleasure, Olivia finds herself torn between the man who offers her everything and the business rival who wants her heart. In a world where betrayal is just a step away and desire burns hot, Olivia must navigate her emotions, her career, and a dangerous game of power, passion, and secrets. Can she keep her heart guarded while falling deeper into a billionaire's web of lust and love? Or will Alexander's cold heart melt in the heat of their undeniable chemistry?

Having his undivided attention is unnerving. I take a deep breath, move a little then start belting out lyrics. Since he is completely focused on me, I follow suit. I watch him the whole time as I sing. Soon, the mood in the room becomes romantic. Our gazes are locked as I sing and he watches. It feels almost surreal, as if enchanted, and it makes me give my all. I lose control of myself at some point and find myself drawing closer to him. His intense gaze is still on, his eyes have become darker and I find that I'm enjoying too much. I move on to the second song without stopping. Its only when I finish that my senses return to me and I walk back to where I started from. Mason doesn't say a thing. "What do you think?" I ask him. "Good," he says with a slight nod. "You can go now. Your payment will be sent to your boss." What? Just like that? I wanted to vocalise my thoughts but decide against it. I'm mad but I pick up my purse and storm out of there. I hate that I gave him the performance of my life, and that was all he said.... *** In which a billionaire is determined to have a beautiful musician to himself by all means.

Liesl McGrath is an up-and-coming artist but for eight years she focuses on her husband as a devoted partner, adjusting her life and her career around him achieving his goal of becoming CEO by the age of thirty. Her life is perfect until her glass castle crashes down. Her husband admits to infidelity with none other than her own sister and there is a child coming. Liesl decides the best way to mend her shattered heart is by destroying the one thing he holds more important than anything else: his career. Isaias Machado is a billionaire first generation American he knows the value of hard work and doing what it takes to survive. His entire life has been geared to the moment he can take the McGrath company away from the corrupted men who once left his family homeless. When Liesl McGrath approaches the billionaire to bribe him with information set to ruin her ex-husband, Isaias Machado is chomping at the bit to take everything the McGrath’s prize including Liesl. A story of love, revenge and healing needs to start somewhere and Liesl’s pain is the catalyst to the wildest rollercoaster ride of her life. Let the bribery begin.