The Groom's Father

“In a month you’ll be married,” came a familiar voice from behind.

“What?!” The first second I thought I misheard, the second that Timur was joking, and the third when I realized neither was true. My stepfather decided my fate for me.

A contract marriage with the son of a business partner was supposed to strengthen leadership in the market, eliminate financial problems, and open a mass of new profitable prospects. Everything went wrong when I decided to break this marriage by sleeping with the first man I met—because a “defective” bride wasn’t needed by my future husband.

And my first man turned out to be… the groom’s father.”