The Temporary Heiress
MatureYou're a broke actress playing a dead woman—and the billionaire fiancé who wants to bind you to her contract.
When you're hired to impersonate a missing heiress for one night, the promise of easy money is too good to refuse. But when the real heiress is found dead, you're trapped in the role, and her ruthless fiancé demands you honor the prenuptial agreement. Now you must keep up the lie, dodge a killer who knows you're a fraud, and resist the man who could own you—if he doesn't destroy you first. A web of secrets, danger, and heart-pounding romance where every second is a gamble.
The story begins
The mask was a cage of Venetian filigree, and beneath it, your breath fogged the gilded air. The ballroom chandeliers threw a thousand fractured lights across the marble floor, but you kept your eyes on the man beside you—Julian, your fiancé for the night, his jaw set beneath a silver domino mask. His hand found the small of your back, proprietary, cold through the silk of your gown.
“Smile,” he murmured, the word a blade wrapped in velvet. “They’re watching.”
You smiled, the practiced curve of a woman who had never known want. But your pulse hammered against your ribs. The real heiress was supposed to be here, not you. Avery’s promise—one night, easy money—felt like a lie wearing a tuxedo.
A waiter passed with champagne. Julian’s fingers tightened, a warning. Across the room, a woman in a red peacock mask watched you with unsettling stillness. Vera. The maid. She raised her glass to you, a toast only you could understand.
The music swelled. Julian leaned close, his breath warm against your ear.
“Don’t disappoint me, darling.”
What happens next is up to you.
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