A Marriage of Convenience
by Vicki Blue
It was more of a business arrangement than a proclamation of love. Austin's mother had promised to cut his inheritance if he didn't "do the right thing". So if Jillian would agree to marry him, and pretend to be his wife for a year or two, he would see that she was well compensated. She quickly learned that even if it was all just pretend, she really did have to promise to obey him, or else!