Contract bride

She needed money. He needed an heir. What began as a contract became a storm neither of them could control.Alara Grey never belonged in a world of billion-dollar penthouses, marble staircases, or diamond-draped women sipping gold-flecked champagne. Her world was cracked linoleum floors, sleepless nights,a mother fighting for her life in a charity hospital and a teenage sister who depends on her. Her only lifeline? A paycheck from the local coffee shop and the hope that someday, things would get better.But the day her mother collapsed, Alara knew hope wasn't enough.