ELIZABETH & SEBASTIAN

“I need a lady to pretend to be my girlfriend for Seven Days. If you agree, I will give you $50 million.” I stared at the man in front of me. Sebastian Shelby. The billionaire. The man every woman wanted. “$50 million? For just one week?” I asked, my voice trembling. My family was drowning in debt, thugs were throwing my mother out of our house, and my brother needed surgery. I had no choice. “I need an excellent job, and we might need to get intimate for it to look real,” he said, his eyes scanning my body like he was buying a piece of furniture. “Do as I say, and the money is yours.” I signed my life away. But I didn't know the deal included his dying mother forcing us to get married in a hospital room. “I will marry you,” I whispered, holding back tears. On our wedding night, he threw six duvets at me. “Sleep on the floor,” he commanded coldly. “This isn't a real marriage. Outside of this house, we don't know each other.” I thought I could handle his coldness. I thought I could handle his secret girlfriend, the famous actress Alex Stone, who pointed a gun at my chest and warned me to stay away. But then came the night I forgot to lock my door. I woke up to a dark figure looming over me. I screamed and bit his finger hard. The lights turned on. It was Sebastian. His eyes weren't cold anymore. They were dark with hunger. “I can smell you, Elizabeth,” he whispered, pinning me to the bed. “Your whole body is begging me to fuck it.” I tried to push him away. “Sir, please... I'm a virgin.” His hand froze. The shock on his face was undeniable. “You have never been with a man?” Everything changed in that second. The contract was about to be broken...