Prologue

The look in Dana's eyes said it all. She was desperate and he knew her desperation would be an advantage to him. As much as she tried to resist, the temptation of getting paid five million dollars could not be overlooked.

Dana knew that deep down, she could not refuse his offer but to avoid seeming even more desperate than she already was, she stalled on her reply and pretended to be deep in thought.

"Do you accept my offer?" Blake asks, sounding both desperate and impatient at the same time.

"You need to chill out, buddy! You're not asking me to pretend to be your girlfriend, you're asking me to marry you. I need some time to think about it," she reminds him sharply and he sighs as his patience grows thinner.

Dana could already sense his desperation and she knew she only had a few minutes to give him a reply.

"I have a question to ask first," she blurts out and he narrows his eyes a bit, obviously trying to understand what kind of questions she would want to ask.

"Go ahead."

"Do you have a lover already?" she asks, and again he squints his eyes and tilts his head, obviously confused as he wasn't expecting her to ask such a direct question.

"How does that matter?" he asks.

"It does pretty boy because I need to know what to expect," she replies, and even though he still doesn't understand the reason she needs to know, he decides to satisfy her curiosity anyway.

"Well yes, I'm seeing someone at the moment," he tells her expecting a look of surprise, or at the very least, a different facial expression but he got nothing. She maintains an unreadable expression.

Dana didn't want to seem pushy but getting into a marriage with a total stranger wasn't a decision she was willing to take without satisfying her curiosity.

"Will he also live with us? Are you two going to keep seeing each other in our supposed home? How is it going to work between you two? I hope I won't be bothered," she says.

Blake was confused and uncomfortable. Shouldn't she have agreed to be his wife already? Why is she asking so many irrelevant questions? Is she really going to keep wasting his time like this? He wonders to himself, already itching to walk away from this conversation.

"May I know why you're asking all these unnecessary questions?" he inquires, trying as much as he could not to sound upset.

"Unnecessary questions? Really?" She scoffs with an irritated look on her face. "You're asking me, a total stranger to be your wife and you think my questions are unnecessary? Listen here, buddy, I need to know what to expect so nothing comes to me as a surprise in the future. If I'm gonna live the next five years of my life with a man who will never have anything to do with me, I need to expect the worst. So, don't you think my questions are in any way unnecessary, pretty boy," she fires at him harshly and he decides against saying anything else that would irritate her.

"Okay then. I guess I understand your reasoning and I'll explain all you need to know. Firstly, I have a lover and we happen to live together, which means you'll be moving in with us. Although, all three of us will have separate bedrooms because I don't want to be disrespectful towards you," he says, and she scoffs.

"I don't think that idea in any way lessens the disrespect but it's okay, carry on.”

"We'll both have our separate lives. I won't interfere in yours and you won't interfere in mine as well. We'll both try as much as possible to stay out of each other's lane for as long as we're married and when our deal is over, you move on with your life and I carry on with mine,” he explains easily.

'How bad could this be?' Dana thinks to herself as she starts to realize that having a gay billionaire husband who would be willing to shower her with all the money in the world wouldn't be such a bad idea. This could not possibly go wrong except if either one of them decides to trespass into the other's lane, something she doubts would happen if they both just stuck to their part of the deal.

"So, when is the introduction?" Dana asks. Blake is momentarily taken aback before finally realizing what she had just said.

"Wait, does this mean that you accept?" he asks, just to be sure he wasn't mistaken.

"Well, duh, of course I accept. Just let me know when you're ready to introduce me to your family and I'll make sure to make myself available immediately," she replies, and a sigh of relief quickly washes over Blake.

"Thank you so much, Dana!" He almost squeals in excitement but decides against it as they were in a public place, and he couldn't afford to embarrass himself.

"You can't imagine how glad I am that you've agreed to be my wife," he blurts out gratefully. Dana chuckles.

"It's an honor to be your lovely wife, pretty boy. Just don't forget about my money and please, when we get married, try not to rub it in my face that you're in love. You need to remember that I'm your wife and I have feelings too," she says jokingly. Blake is quick to understand that this is her way of trying to be friendly so as to avoid any awkwardness in the future.

"I'll try my best to keep that in mind," he replies with a light chuckle.

"It's nice to meet you, dear future husband," Dana adds, putting her hand out for a handshake and he quickly does the same.

"Pleasure is all mine, dear future wife."