The Fortune He Hid
The Fortune He Hid She married a stranger to save the life she had spent years building. He married her to protect a secret that could destroy everything. Elena Carter has never needed....
The Fortune He Hid She married a stranger to save the life she had spent years building. He married her to protect a secret that could destroy everything. Elena Carter has never needed a man to save her. She has fought for her family, struggled to keep her small business alive, and learned the hard way that people you trust can still leave you behind. So when a mysterious, cold-hearted man named Adrian Vale offers her a six-month marriage arrangement, she sees it as nothing more than a practical deal. Six months. No love. No questions. No expectations. But Adrian isn't the ordinary businessman he claims to be. Behind his quiet clothes and guarded personality is a fortune worth billions—and a powerful family whose secrets could bring down an empire. Elena discovers the truth one secret at a time. First, she learns her husband has been lying about his wealth. Then she discovers his family has been hiding something far more dangerous. And when an old photograph reveals that Elena's late mother once stood beside Adrian's father, everything she thought she knew about her marriage begins to unravel. Because Adrian didn't choose Elena by accident. Someone has been watching her. Someone knows what happened to her mother. And someone is willing to destroy anyone who gets too close to the truth. As Elena and Adrian fall deeper in love, the six-month marriage that was supposed to be temporary becomes the one thing neither of them can bear to lose. But how can Elena trust a man who built their marriage on lies? And how can Adrian tell her the truth when the truth could put the woman he loves directly in the line of fire? He hid a fortune. He hid a family secret. But the one thing Adrian Vale never expected to hide was how completely he had fallen for his wife.