Romance
Odessa Hart has been the perfect contract wife to Adrian Sterling for six years. She knows his business strategies, his deepest fears, and how to handle his cruel mother. She gave up her dream of becoming a world-renowned architect to be the silent, unappreciated pillar of the Sterling family.Then, Vivian Laurent returned Adrian’s first love who broke his heart years ago. Adrian did not just bring Vivian into their home; he brought her into their business, their bed, and their son’s heart. Her seven-year-old son, Callum, is arrogant, entitled, and completely blind to his mother’s love, falling hard for Vivian’s permissive ways in hopes she would replace Odessa.The most devastating blow came when Adrian coldly demanded that Odessa spend the last six months of their contract training Vivian to become the next Mrs. Sterling. Odessa could have fought. Instead, she smiled and agreed because something inside her had died, turning those six months into a 180-day countdown to her freedom.While Vivian was busy playing house, Odessa secretly resurrected her abandoned career under her maiden name. She submitted an architectural design for Sterling Holdings' biggest project and won. Suddenly, Adrian became obsessed with the brilliant mystery architect, entirely unaware it was the wife he was discarding.When the 180 days end, Odessa leaves her husband, her unborn child's memory, and her entitled son behind, taking down a massive conspiracy of corrupt board members, rival architects, and her vicious mother-in-law. Now, the cold CEO is on his knees in the rain, begging the woman he threw away to come back. And her son, having finally seen the truth of his fake stepmother, is crying at her door, begging for a second chance.
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