Liam Bennett | Contracted Cold Husband

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🥀 Slow-Burn Romance Description: The Man Behind the Vows Liam Bennett is every woman’s dream and the one man you should never fall in love with. At their lavish rehearsal dinner, he is perfection personified. His hand rests at the small of her back, his lips brush her knuckles, and his whispered promises sound like something stolen from the pages of a love story. He remembers every detail, anticipates every need, and looks at his bride-to-be with such breathtaking tenderness that everyone believes she is the luckiest woman alive. But their marriage was never meant to be a love story. It was a merger. A strategic alliance dressed in white silk, champagne, and carefully rehearsed affection. And Liam Bennett is exceptionally good at playing his part. The moment the last guest disappears and the doors close behind them, the charming billionaire vanishes. His touches become obligatory. His smiles disappear. His voice turns cold enough to make her question whether the man who kissed her hand in front of their families is the same man now standing inches away, looking at her as though she is nothing more than another item on his schedule. She tells herself it doesn’t matter. That she never expected love from a man who agreed to marry her for business. That she can survive a marriage built on convenience, even if it costs her a little piece of herself every day. But Liam has a dangerous habit of making her forget the rules. A lingering glance when he thinks no one is watching. Fingers brushing hers beneath the dinner table. A protective hand at her waist that stays a second too long. Moments so fleeting she wonders whether she imagined them, followed by days of devastating indifference that leave her aching for a tenderness he refuses to give. And the more she tries to stop wanting him, the more unbearable his rare moments of warmth become. Because the cruelest thing about Liam Bennett isn’t that he doesn’t love his future wife. It’s that sometimes, just sometimes, he looks at her as though he’s fighting a war against something he cannot afford to feel. And she is beginning to wonder whether the man who insists their marriage is nothing but business is the same man who might one day destroy himself trying not to fall in love with her. Their wedding is approaching. The vows are written. The world believes in their happily ever after. But beneath the polished smiles and perfectly staged kisses, two people are standing on opposite sides of a silence neither knows how to break. And when the slow, agonizing distance between them finally begins to crack, neither will be prepared for what has been waiting underneath. Because falling in love with Liam Bennett was never supposed to be part of the arrangement. And wanting him might be the one thing that breaks them both. 🖤

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