The Imperfect Marriage

<p><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)><em>Quentin Davenport is my ex-boyfriend's father ...</em></strong></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)><em>And my new marriage of convenience husband</em></strong></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>When my boyfriend leaves me at the altar</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Quentin offers to marry me!</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>No way can I accept it</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Especially since Quentin is much older than me</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>And tall dark and tattooed and an ex-marine</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Whose grumpy disposition leaves much to be desired.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>But this way I can salvage my dignity...</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Also I can get back at my ex.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Besides it's a fake marriage.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>And Quentin's still in love with his dead wife so there's no fear of developing feelings... right?</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>When he offers to put my younger sister through college.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>...and pay for my father's medical treatment.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>I can't refuse him.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Only he has conditions:</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>I must live with him as his wife.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>I must pretend to be his.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>I must convince his family that I love him.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Living under the same roof as man and wife I see a different side of my husband.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>The pretend marriage begins to feel very real</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>I begin to dream of a future with him.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>I am going to get my Happily Ever After...</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>But what happens when I walk into his office and see him with the mother of his son?</span></p><p><br></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)><em>This is an age gap marriage of convenience ex-boyfriend's father forced proximity billionaire romance with an HEA. There is no cheating no OW/OM drama and no third act breakup.</em></strong></p><p><br></p>