Prolongue

"Miss Xiao, you are a married woman once you sign this contract." The butler said solemnly, putting a contract and an expensive pen in front of Zhan.

"May I know who is he?" Xiao Zhan asked. She took the pen but didn't sign her name immediately.

"You have no right to know." The butler replied indifferently.

"Fine." She skimmed over the content and signed her name swiftly.

She was in dire need of money. Her daughter was ill and needed 1 million for her medical treatment. And the butler suddenly came to her and asked her to be a stranger man's wife. She didn't know what the man looked like, she didn't even know his name.

All she knew was she would become a contracted wife soon and she only needed to agree to marry this man for three years and was free after it. The only requirement for her was her compliance with the contract.

Right now, at a luxurious villa. A handsome man picked up the call from his butler. Over the phone, the butler said, "Boss, she has signed the contract. The marriage certificate will be ready tomorrow."

The man who answered the phone was Wang Yibo, the son of the top family in this city and the owner of HY Group. As Yibo's stepmother was trying to scramble for his heirship, Yibo had to get married first before attaining his heirship. Of course, he wouldn't marry the woman that his stepmother wanted him to. So he was looking for a suitable one in secret. The butler chose cornered Zhan for him.

Everything was reasonable. All the procedure was completed by proxy. So what Yibo knew about his nominal wife was just her name and her photo on their marriage certificate.

....

Two years later. At the HY Group building.

Xiao Zhan, as the senior designer in the design department of YM Group, collaborated with HY Group for the first time.

Standing before HY Group's soaring office building, she felt complicated inside. She had hidden for five years and now she delivered herself there. She just hoped not to meet Wang Yibo.

Why she was so scared of Yibo?

Five years ago, her fiancé had leukemia and needed a special type of blood to be cured. And only Wang Yibo was this type of blood.

Wang Yibo, the CEO of HY Group, was reputedly a ruthless and narrow-minded man. Those who have worked against him all ended up miserably. He was not a man who could be messed with easily.

She knew Yibo wouldn't help her so that she orchestrated to give birth to his daughter and use her daughter's blood to save her fiancé. But out of expectation, her fiancé abandoned her after he was cured.

She didn't want to think about the past. She just wanted to make lots of money and raised her daughter soundly.

But the more she feared, the more it was likely to come. When she walked at the door of the meeting room, Yibo walking towards her.

This was such a bolt from the blue. He couldn't recognize her, could he?

Zhan kept her head as low as possible, fearing that Yibo would recognize her. She was very scared as she didn't know what horrible things would happen if he recognized her and found out that she gave birth to his child.

"Raise your head."

When hearing the man's gentle and magnetic voice travel above her head, her heart twitched violently.

It was over.

The man's voice sounded as if there was no margin for her to resist. So she reluctantly looked up to him.

Yibo was at least 6 feet tall with beautiful features, looking very handsome. He was in an haute couture black suit. He seemed as if a noble prince.

"Mr. Wang, can I help you?" Zhan was trying to be relaxed and natural.

Yibo saw Zhan's face. With a squint, he recognized this woman in front of him. It was his contracted wife, "It's you?"

"Mr. Wang.Do you know me? I think we have never met before, haven't we? How could a big shot like you know me. And this is my first time seeing you." Zhan was astonished with panic flickering in her eyes. She tried to pull herself together and made up lies.

"What are you doing here?" Yibo asked with his eyes flickering a sense of playfulness. 

"I'm Xiao Zhan, a senior designer in the design department of YM Group. I come to this city for the first time to talk about the collaboration with HY Group." Zhan was alarmed and stressed it again that this was her first time in this city.

She hoped that Yibo couldn't recognize her. After all, she kept a secret from him that she had his child on the sly while he wasn't sober five years ago.

"Really?" Yibo raised his long eyebrows and thought the woman he met the first time looked somehow familiar. But he just saw her in the photo?

"Mr. Wang. If there is nothing else, I'm going to work." Zhan stood still with butterflies in her stomach. She just wanted to run away immediately.

"Miss Xiao, I'm very looking forward to collaborating with you in the future." Yibo cracked an enigmatic smile, which made his handsome face even more dazzling.

After Yibo turned around and left, Zhan was relieved. Cold sweat was all over her back. The two minutes conversation with Yibo was like going through a battle. She thought she had to finish her job at HY Group quickly. She would be over if Yibo found out her secret.

•••

At the CEO's office. Yibo took out two marriage certificates with red covers. They have been in his office for over two years. He opened one of them, seeing the item of certificate holder read: Wang Yibo, and the item of spouse read: Xiao Zhan.

There were two people in the photo, one was Zhan and the other was Yibo. But it had been photoshopped, artificially bringing the two together in one picture.

Yibo took his phone and dialed a number, "Butler, I saw Mrs. Wang today."

The butler stunned for a moment and understood it immediately, "Boss, she came to see you? That's impossible. She didn't know the man she married is you. And she seems like a person who knows her place. Otherwise, I would not choose her at that time."

"She is the designer of YM Group and came to talk about business today." Yibo didn't expect that he would meet his nominal wife at his company.

"Boss, are you satisfied with her." The butler asked tentatively.

"She is pretty and very capable at her work. I'm very satisfied." Yibo praised Zhan.

"What do you mean." The butler was confused.

"I mean, it's time for her to know that I'm her husband." Yibo's lips went upward and smiled.

It was his first time that he met his nominal wife, but he somehow felt a sense of familiarity. He was even more intrigued by her.

Xiao Zhan, Mrs. Wang.

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