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CEO vs. Shopaholic

Romance
Keira Evans (28 years old) never thought that her lavish lifestyle would put her in so much debt that she had to pawn her parents' house certificate without them knowing it. In the midst of her turmoil because of the debt collectors who kept terrorizing her, her boss Charlie Sheeran who owned the communication firm where she worked at, sent her to meet a client at the Luxus hotel. While waiting for her client to show up at the rooftop of that 70 stories hotel, she got a call from her mother who asked her about their house certificate which suddenly gone from their safe box. She intended to mortgage their house because Keira’s father went bankrupt. She lied to her mother and told her that she has the house certificate with her. Confused, she decided to get drunk and the alcohol effect made her think carelessly. She walked to the edge of the fence, climbed on it and intended to jump because she felt stupid and useless. When she was about to jump, someone held her hand and saved her. He was Benjamin Mackey, the CEO of Luxus Hotel Group, the client that she was supposed to be meeting with. After Ben found out about the reason why she attempted suicide, her offered her a mutual benefit agreement by asking her to marry him for two years and in return he would pay off all her debts and gave her a big amount for the divorce settlements. At first, Keira refused the agreement because she felt so humiliated. But the debt collectors kept calling her and forced her to pay her debt immediatelly other wise they would come to her parents and told them that she has pawned their house. Having no choice she finally accepted the offer and agreed to become Benjamin Mackey’s contract wife although she didn't know the reason why that self-made billionaire needed a contract wife because he didn't tell her what the reason was. At the same time suddenly a man named Luke Bracey appeared. He was the only man she had ever fallen in love with since she was in high school and that stupid contract marriage made her a little upset because she didn't want to lose the chance to be in a relationship with him. The contract marriage was finally on board! New York started whispering, they were curious about Benjamin Mackey's wife who came from the ordinary circles. That news made Keira a media spotlight, all about her past was exposed until a source leaked about her crazy shopping habits that have left her in so much debt. The source even said that she was blacklisted by almost all department stores in New York for spending her member card limit without ever paying for it. That left her depressed and devastated. As if that wasn't enough, her parents finally found out that she had pawned their house certificate without them knowing, the news made her parents a little disappointed even though they tried to cover it up. When she was down, Ben has always stood up for her and was there for her no matter what. All his attention made Keira finally fall in love with him, she reneged on her own words not to fall in love with Benjamin Mackey, the person she considered as the most annoying creature of the century. Slowly but surely she moved away from Luke Bracey who was getting closer to her and began to put hope in Ben who might open his heart to her. Just when everything was going so perfectly, suddenly a woman named Rebecca Cooper appeared and messed up everything. That woman was Ben' ex-girlfriend when they were both went to study at Stanford. She was his first love. Rebecca, who was suspicious of their' marriage from the start, began to find out about everything and in just a few months she was able to get evidence of it. She was very ambitious to get back into a relationship with Ben that's why she decided to leak the news to the media without Ben knowing it and it caused a huge mess! Ben’s grandmother had a heart attack just as she heard the news. Later on, Keira learned that the reason why Ben made her his 'contract' wife was to persuade his grandmother to take the medication for her heart failure because at first, she refused to do it unless he agreed to get married. She always asked him to marry and raise a family so that he would not be lonely when she died one day because she was the only family he has in this world. News of the contract marriage not only put Ben's grandmother in a coma but also disappointed Keira's parents. They were very angry because the public began to accuse their family of being a gold digger family. Because of that chaos, they finally asked her to leave Ben immediately. Even though her relationship with Ben was very intense and they even had sex quite often, Keira had never heard him confess his love for her, it was the only hope she had to stay by his side. At that time Rebecca cunningly set her up by inviting Luke to work with her. Until one night Luke Bracey suddenly kissed Keira right in front of ben and made him so angry and he left Keira without a word, that's when Rebecca took the opportunity to approach him. Didn’t want to give up, Keira chased Ben to the hospital and found him in Rebecca's arms. She became very depressed and hurt. She decided to return to her apartment and sobbed in her best friend's arms named Suze. When she was so down because New York was so cruel to her, she decided to move to Canada and accepted a job offer given by Suze’'s relatives. Just as she was about to leave, at the airport she heard an announcement calling her name. A voice she recognized too well, he apologized to her for his mistake and asked her to stay. It was him, Benjamin Mackey. Because she was still in love with him, She decided to stay and promised to fix things together. They apologized to their families for the lies they committed. They also held a press conference in front of the media and revealed that they would have a real wedding and that they were madly deeply in love to each other. In the end, Keira Evans who was right then referred to as Keira Mackey, managed to make her dream came true, she was able to live a luxurious life without going into debt and pawning her parents' certificates! She was also blessed with a daughter named Esme who has the same 'shopper' instinct as her! And one of the most absurd things was the fact that it turned out that Charlie Sheeran, her boss who was also Benjamin’s best friend was the one who suggested to Benjamin Mackey to choose her as his contract wife. He did that because he knew that Keira was chased by loan shark and debt collectors. Keira was a little annoyed, but because everything was fine between her and Ben she finally forgave Charlie and instead thanked him because despite many obstacles, she managed to become a rich lady of her dream! Happy Ending!
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The Reckless Hearts Series

Romance
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