The Marriage Bet (The Billionaire Games #2)

Prologue

PAIGE

Dear Mr. Montclair,

My name is Paige Wilde. Emailing you directly like this is… unconventional, I know. But I have something you’ve wanted for a very long time.

You recently made me and the other shareholders aware that you’ve been quietly buying shares of my family’s company for years. I suspect you’re ready to make your move, but as long as my uncle Ben holds the majority stake, he’ll remain in your way.

That’s where I come in. Marry me.

I hold the third-largest stake in the company, inherited from my late parents. I will receive another 10 percent upon my marriage, reverting from my uncle’s trust to me.

By you and I getting married, we’ll combine our shares and gain majority. I only have three conditions.

One, Ben is out the second we do. He is driving the company into the ground with poor decision after poor decision.

Two, you will respect the integrity of the company and invest in its continued success.

Three, as my trust stipulates that I must marry for love, we will have to pretend in public. But between us two, we’d know exactly what this is. A business deal. Nothing more and nothing less.

You have wanted to own Mather & Wilde for years. I’m giving you the easiest path to gain control of the company. You seem single, and I’m very practical. It’s a win-win.

Your future wife,

Paige Wilde