married for the heir

Some marriages begin with love.Theirs began with a signature.When Maya agrees to a contract marriage, she knows exactly what is expected of her: play the role, provide an heir, and leave once the agreement is fulfilled. There is no promise of affection, no space for emotions, and no room for mistakes.Lucas sees the marriage as a solution, not a relationship. Control, rules, and distance keep everything predictable—until they don’t.As daily life forces two strangers to live as husband and wife on paper only, quiet tension builds. Small moments expose cracks in carefully built walls. Power shifts. Silence speaks louder than arguments. And when the truth they tried to avoid becomes impossible to ignore, the contract no longer protects either of them.This is a slow-burn romance about emotional consequences, choice, and what happens when obligation turns into something far more complicated.