Twelve Months to Love

Michael Collins, the ruthless heir to the Collins Hotel empire, has a problem. To claim his billion-dollar inheritance, his father's will has one non-negotiable condition: he must be married for one full year. Maya Blake, a passionate teacher at a struggling community school, has a problem. The only place that feels like home is on the verge of permanent closure, and she's half a million dollars short of saving it. Their solution is a contract: Twelve months of marriage. A cold, clinical business deal. No feelings, no complications, no messy attachments. He gets a wife to secure his fortune. She gets the funds to save her school. In public, they are the picture-perfect, loved-up newlyweds, dazzling at galas and charming his skeptical, elite family. In private, they are nothing more than reluctant roommates in his sterile penthouse, counting down the days until their freedom. But the line between act and reality begins to blur. A protective hand on the small of her back that lingers a second too long. A shared joke that leads to genuine laughter. A kiss for the cameras that sparks a fire neither of them can extinguish. Just as their carefully constructed walls begin to crumble, a shadow from Michael's world emerges. A rival determined to see him fail discovers the truth about their contract and threatens to expose their sham marriage to the entire world, destroying his chance at the inheritance and her reputation forever. Now, they face an impossible choice. Do they cut their losses and walk away, saving themselves from the scandal but losing each other? Or do they risk everything the money, the legacy, their hearts to fight for a love that was never supposed to be real? In a world of luxury and lies, their biggest risk wasn't breaking the contract... it was falling in love.

Disclaimer: This show may contain expletives, strong language, and mature content for adult listeners, including sexually explicit content and themes of violence. This is a work of fiction and any resemblance to real persons, businesses, places or events is coincidental. This show is not intended to offend or defame any individual, entity, caste, community, race, religion or to denigrate any institution or person, living or dead. Listener's discretion is advised.Less