The Marriage Clauses

When your boss proposes marriage, you're supposed to say no. Unless saying yes could save 237 jobs—and change your life forever. Maya Johnson has forty-eight hours to make an impossible choice. Her brilliant, untouchable CEO is about to be deported. His corrupt business partner has orchestrated a visa revocation that will destroy everything Ethan Cross has built—and cost 237 employees their livelihoods. Including Maya. Ethan's solution? A marriage of convenience. Three million dollars. Six months of pretending. One very real risk of federal prison if they're caught. Maya knows it's insane. Marriage fraud carries a five-year sentence. But three million dollars would transform her family's life —medical care for her father, university for her siblings, freedom from the financial tightrope she's walked for years. And despite barely knowing the man behind the CEO mask, she trusts him. What starts as a desperate transaction becomes something far more complicated. Surprise immigration raids at dawn. A ex-business partner determined to expose them. Staged photos and rehearsed stories that start to feel too real. And the terrifying realization that somewhere between the fake smiles and the shared bed, Maya is falling for her fake husband. But in a marriage built on lies, how do you know when the feelings become real? And what happens when the contract ends but your heart wants to stay?

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