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It has always been Christina’s dream to wear a wedding dress. She looks at her beautiful form in the mirror and her heart pounds. Her nickname as a child was the ugly duckling and her parents were cold and distant with her, so she had always thought that she would never get married. But now she is, and her fiancé is the man she’s always adored...the crown prince of Halencia, Antonio! She is marrying him to divert attention from a scandal involving Antonio’s little sister. Their marriage is one of convenience and she knows Antonio will never love her. Why does that thought make her heart ache?
Her first love, Gabe, asks Stefanie to enter into a contract marriage with him. His goal is to support his father's reelection as a married man and then to set in motion his secret plot against his father's wish to make him his political successor. Stefanie accepts his proposition, thinking they'll inevitably grow closer once they're married. But when the contract expires a year later, nothing has happened between them and he disappears without telling her. She, however, is determined to find him!
After struggling to pay for her mother’s nursing home fees, Tannis Carlson seeks help from her neighbor Tom Hayes, a widower with young kids. When Tannis tells him that she has no choice but to sell her house, Tom makes an impulsive suggestion—marriage! Tom believes she will be the perfect mother for his kids. Tannis agrees to the convenient marriage and is delighted that the kids seem to love her, but she can’t help but wish for more—to have true love with her pretend husband!
Julia went to the casino to negotiate repayment of her sister's debt. In Italy, it's a given that casinos are run by the Mafia―but the man in the owner's suite was Rome, the son of a servant who once worked for her family back when they were still wealthy. As children, a small misunderstanding had made Julia cry, and her furious grandmother had thrown Rome and his mother out of the house. He must hate me for that, she thought. And sure enough, in a cold voice, Rome said, “You'll belong to me―in exchange for your sister's debt." Source: Renta!
[Original Webtoon](https://novelpia.com/comic_episode/41) **Official Translations:** Japanese
