The Billionaire's Collateral Contract

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Title: The Billionaire's Collateral Contract
Genre: Billionaire Romance / Contract Marriage / Revenge
Synopsis:
Twenty-three-year-old Evelyn Vance is backed into a corner. Following her father’s sudden comatose state, her wicked stepmother and stepsister secretly squandered the family's legacy logistics company into millions of dollars of debt. Worse, they have signed a contract to sell Evelyn off to Harold Finch—a notoriously abusive, elderly creditor—to wipe their own names clean. Desperate to protect her father and escape a living hell, Evelyn sneaks into an exclusive high-society charity gala. Her target is Damien Blackwood, the ruthless, untouchable tycoon known as the "Ice King" of the corporate world.
Damien doesn't do charity, but he has his own crisis. His grandfather’s strict will dictates that he must marry and produce an heir within six months, or lose control of Blackwood Enterprises to his scheming, corrupt uncle. When Evelyn corners him and begs for a loan, offering her own dignity as a guarantee, Damien sees a perfect transactional opportunity. He will clear her family's massive debt. The collateral? Evelyn herself, bound to a strict, one-year marriage contract with two rules: no separate bedrooms in public, and absolutely no falling in love.
What begins as a cold, transactional arrangement quickly turns into a battlefield of forced proximity and intense emotional angst. While Damien publicly humiliates Evelyn's stepfamily in a satisfying wave of retribution, behind closed doors, he remains distant. However, Evelyn's resilience and warmth slowly crack Damien's heavily guarded heart, which was shattered years ago by abandonment. Just as mutual desire turns into genuine love, Damien's manipulative ex-fiancée returns, teaming up with his uncle to frame Evelyn for selling corporate secrets. Blinded by past trauma, Damien reacts with cruel fury, breaking Evelyn's heart. Realizing she broke the ultimate rule of the contract, Evelyn flees with her recovering father, leaving her wedding ring behind. Ruined by the truth of her innocence, a desperate, unhinged Damien must hunt her down to a remote seaside town, trade his pride for groveling, and prove that she is no longer his collateral, but his absolute queen.

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