Synopsis
I woke up in a Vegas hotel suite wearing my boss's tuxedo jacket and a marriage certificate I didn't remember signing.
Nathan Cross: CEO, control freak, the man who once sent me a calendar invite titled "Meeting About Your Meeting."
Now he's my husband.
His dead grandmother's will says we stay married for one year or he loses the company. One year. No feelings. Just a binder full of rules, a penthouse with separate bedrooms, and a board of directors who think we're in love.
Simple.
Except someone leaked our wedding video. Except his cousin is trying to steal the company. Except his grandmother left numbered letters, and every single one pulls me deeper into a family secret that's been buried for forty-six years. And except the man I married for a contract keeps looking at me like the contract stopped mattering a long time ago.
Eleven months and twenty-nine days. I was absolutely, definitely, one hundred percent not going to catch feelings.
God, even my inner monologue didn't believe me.
Chapters
1.1
Chapter 1: Waking Up Mrs. Cross — Part 1 of 2
760 words
1.2
Chapter 1: Waking Up Mrs. Cross — Part 2 of 2
760 words
2.1
Chapter 2: The Binder — Part 1 of 3
739 words
2.2
Chapter 2: The Binder — Part 2 of 3
739 words
2.3
Chapter 2: The Binder — Part 3 of 3
739 words
3.1
Chapter 3: Hostile Playdate — Part 1 of 3
764 words
3.2
Chapter 3: Hostile Playdate — Part 2 of 3
764 words
3.3
Chapter 3: Hostile Playdate — Part 3 of 3
764 words
4.1
Chapter 4: Midnight Blue — Part 1 of 2
910 words
4.2
Chapter 4: Midnight Blue — Part 2 of 2
910 words
5.1
Chapter 5: The Toast — Part 1 of 2
967 words
5.2
Chapter 5: The Toast — Part 2 of 2
967 words
6.1
Chapter 6: Real Symptoms — Part 1 of 3
886 words
6.2
Chapter 6: Real Symptoms — Part 2 of 3
886 words
6.3
Chapter 6: Real Symptoms — Part 3 of 3
886 words
7.1
Chapter 7: Method Acting — Part 1 of 3
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7.2
Chapter 7: Method Acting — Part 2 of 3
761 words
7.3
Chapter 7: Method Acting — Part 3 of 3
761 words
8.1
Chapter 8: The Photo — Part 1 of 3
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8.2
Chapter 8: The Photo — Part 2 of 3
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8.3
Chapter 8: The Photo — Part 3 of 3
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9.1
Chapter 9: Morning-After Rules — Part 1 of 2
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9.2
Chapter 9: Morning-After Rules — Part 2 of 2
928 words
10.1
Chapter 10: First Real Date — Part 1 of 3
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10.2
Chapter 10: First Real Date — Part 2 of 3
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10.3
Chapter 10: First Real Date — Part 3 of 3
819 words
11.1
Chapter 11: After Dinner — Part 1 of 2
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11.2
Chapter 11: After Dinner — Part 2 of 2
945 words
12.1
Chapter 12: Brooklyn Midnight — Part 1 of 2
884 words
12.2
Chapter 12: Brooklyn Midnight — Part 2 of 2
884 words
13.1
Chapter 13: The Clause That Bites — Part 1 of 2
915 words
13.2
Chapter 13: The Clause That Bites — Part 2 of 2
915 words
14.1
Chapter 14: Gone Viral — Part 1 of 2
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14.2
Chapter 14: Gone Viral — Part 2 of 2
934 words
15.1
Chapter 15: The Grey Coat — Part 1 of 3
684 words
15.2
Chapter 15: The Grey Coat — Part 2 of 3
684 words
15.3
Chapter 15: The Grey Coat — Part 3 of 3
684 words
16.1
Chapter 16: For the Shareholders — Part 1 of 2
638 words
16.2
Chapter 16: For the Shareholders — Part 2 of 2
638 words
17.1
Chapter 17: The Contract Burns — Part 1 of 2
886 words
17.2
Chapter 17: The Contract Burns — Part 2 of 2
886 words
18.1
Chapter 18: Eleanor Wins — Part 1 of 2
587 words
18.2
Chapter 18: Eleanor Wins — Part 2 of 2
587 words
19.1
Chapter 19: Lot 114 — Part 1 of 2
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19.2
Chapter 19: Lot 114 — Part 2 of 2
995 words
20.1
Chapter 20: The Yonkers Question — Part 1 of 2
877 words
20.2
Chapter 20: The Yonkers Question — Part 2 of 2
877 words
21.1
Chapter 21: Brunch at Hennie's — Part 1 of 2
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21.2
Chapter 21: Brunch at Hennie's — Part 2 of 2
842 words
22.1
Chapter 22: Box 114 — Part 1 of 2
882 words
22.2
Chapter 22: Box 114 — Part 2 of 2
882 words
23.1
Chapter 23: Play Me — Part 1 of 2
805 words
23.2
Chapter 23: Play Me — Part 2 of 2
805 words
24.1
Chapter 24: Letter Fourteen — Part 1 of 2
798 words
24.2
Chapter 24: Letter Fourteen — Part 2 of 2
798 words
25.1
Chapter 25: Poughkeepsie — Part 1 of 2
977 words
25.2
Chapter 25: Poughkeepsie — Part 2 of 2
977 words
26.1
Chapter 26: Whitmore — Part 1 of 2
909 words
26.2
Chapter 26: Whitmore — Part 2 of 2
909 words
27.1
Chapter 27: Thursday — Part 1 of 3
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27.2
Chapter 27: Thursday — Part 2 of 3
1,120 words
27.3
Chapter 27: Thursday — Part 3 of 3
1,120 words
28.1
Chapter 28: Permanently — Part 1 of 2
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28.2
Chapter 28: Permanently — Part 2 of 2
533 words
29.1
Chapter 29: Ask Me — Part 1 of 3
717 words
29.2
Chapter 29: Ask Me — Part 2 of 3
717 words
29.3
Chapter 29: Ask Me — Part 3 of 3
717 words
30.1
Chapter 30: The Brass Key — Part 1 of 3
787 words
30.2
Chapter 30: The Brass Key — Part 2 of 3
787 words
30.3
Chapter 30: The Brass Key — Part 3 of 3
787 words
31.1
Chapter 31: Fifty-One Cards — Part 1 of 2
953 words
31.2
Chapter 31: Fifty-One Cards — Part 2 of 2
953 words
32.1
Chapter 32: Still Here — Part 1 of 3
917 words
32.2
Chapter 32: Still Here — Part 2 of 3
917 words
32.3
Chapter 32: Still Here — Part 3 of 3
917 words
33.1
Chapter 33: Forty-One — Part 1 of 3
756 words
33.2
Chapter 33: Forty-One — Part 2 of 3
756 words
33.3
Chapter 33: Forty-One — Part 3 of 3
756 words
34.1
Chapter 34: The Pen — Part 1 of 2
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34.2
Chapter 34: The Pen — Part 2 of 2
903 words
35.1
Chapter 35: The Whiteboard — Part 1 of 2
933 words
35.2
Chapter 35: The Whiteboard — Part 2 of 2
933 words
36.1
Chapter 36: The Warm Folder — Part 1 of 3
931 words
36.2
Chapter 36: The Warm Folder — Part 2 of 3
931 words
36.3
Chapter 36: The Warm Folder — Part 3 of 3
931 words
37.1
Chapter 37: Page Three — Part 1 of 3
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37.2
Chapter 37: Page Three — Part 2 of 3
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37.3
Chapter 37: Page Three — Part 3 of 3
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38.1
Chapter 38: The Flowchart — Part 1 of 3
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38.2
Chapter 38: The Flowchart — Part 2 of 3
818 words
38.3
Chapter 38: The Flowchart — Part 3 of 3
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39.1
Chapter 39: Fourteen Chairs — Part 1 of 3
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39.2
Chapter 39: Fourteen Chairs — Part 2 of 3
732 words
39.3
Chapter 39: Fourteen Chairs — Part 3 of 3
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40.1
Chapter 40: The Fourth Envelope — Part 1 of 2
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40.2
Chapter 40: The Fourth Envelope — Part 2 of 2
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41.1
Chapter 41: Vivian — Part 1 of 3
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41.2
Chapter 41: Vivian — Part 2 of 3
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41.3
Chapter 41: Vivian — Part 3 of 3
776 words
42.1
Chapter 42: The Long File — Part 1 of 2
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42.2
Chapter 42: The Long File — Part 2 of 2
946 words
43.1
Chapter 43: Silver Bells — Part 1 of 3
772 words
43.2
Chapter 43: Silver Bells — Part 2 of 3
772 words
43.3
Chapter 43: Silver Bells — Part 3 of 3
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44.1
Chapter 44: The Ice Age — Part 1 of 3
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44.2
Chapter 44: The Ice Age — Part 2 of 3
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44.3
Chapter 44: The Ice Age — Part 3 of 3
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45.1
Chapter 45: The Doors — Part 1 of 2
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45.2
Chapter 45: The Doors — Part 2 of 2
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46.1
Chapter 46: The Parking Lot — Part 1 of 2
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46.2
Chapter 46: The Parking Lot — Part 2 of 2
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47.1
Chapter 47: The Podium — Part 1 of 2
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47.2
Chapter 47: The Podium — Part 2 of 2
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48.1
Chapter 48: Page Forty-One — Part 1 of 3
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48.2
Chapter 48: Page Forty-One — Part 2 of 3
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48.3
Chapter 48: Page Forty-One — Part 3 of 3
898 words
49.1
Chapter 49: Coffee Filters — Part 1 of 2
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49.2
Chapter 49: Coffee Filters — Part 2 of 2
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50.1
Chapter 50: On Purpose — Part 1 of 2
951 words
50.2
Chapter 50: On Purpose — Part 2 of 2
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