Love, Under Contract

Dru Martin Being a Martin means power, money, and a name that opens doors. I’ve been groomed to take over the family empire since I could walk. But my mama? She’s not about to hand over the keys unless I have a wife by my side. And love? That’s not on my radar. I don’t do messy. I don’t do complicated. But Charisse? She’s everything I wasn’t looking for and exactly what I need. She’s smart, beautiful, and broke enough to say yes when I offer a marriage contract in the back of my mother’s fancy boutique. This is supposed to be business. Strictly business. But every time she looks at me like I’m more than a paycheck, it gets harder to remember that. Charisse Turner I’ve got degrees on the wall and bills stacked up higher than my ambitions. Teaching pays the rent, barely. So when Dru Martin—fine as hell and rich enough to make my student loans vanish—drops a marriage proposal on me instead of a job offer, I have to think about it. A fake marriage with real money? It’s tempting. But every time he calls me “wife,” I start to wonder—what if this fake thing is exactly what we both need for real?