My Parents Pushed Me to Marry for the Family Business — So I Chose the One Woman Who Would Change Everything

Alex had everything—wealth, status, and parents who planned his life like a business deal. When they demanded he marry before inheriting, he rebelled by proposing to Mary, a humble woman who didn’t care about his money. She agreed—on one condition: “Don’t ask about my past.”

At the gala, his plan backfired. The mayor greeted Mary as “The Charity Princess,” revealing she came from an even richer, philanthropic family.

When Alex confronted her, she said calmly, “You wanted freedom from control. So did I.”

Their fake marriage turned real—not out of rebellion, but choice. In defying their families, they found love and the freedom they’d both been chasing.