Chapter 1
This story can now be found on Galatea as of March 30th or the 31st. Only four chapters will be posted here.
Cora’s father, Adonis is the owner of a thriving vineyard, his wine was world-famous. It wasn’t always that way, for years he struggled until he met Oscar Vaillant. When the man showed up in Greece and sampled the wine he knew the man was close to being bankrupt. He agreed to give Adonis the money to keep his business alive and even help him to get his wine known all over the world. But there was one catch, he was to promise his firstborn daughter’s hand in marriage to his only son.
Since Adonis’s wife, Maya was expecting and knew they were having a girl he agreed to it. He was also expected to keep her away from other men, to make sure she remained a virgin until she married his son. The deal was made and the wedding was to take place on her 20th birthday. Ever since she was old enough to understand her parents drilled it into her head that it was her duty to marry the man who was chosen for her. She was homeschooled and had few friends, she grew up shy and quiet, never speaking back to her parents.
Noah Vaillant grew up and lived in the south of France. People would say he was born with a silver spoon in his mouth. His father was a wealthy real estate broker who owned businesses all over the world. He also owned several bars and restaurants in France which he let Noah take over and run, along with one of the best hotels around. The son was drop-dead gorgeous, he played the field, and always had a different woman on his arm. He liked the single life, loved sex and never wanted to settle down with one woman. He knew about the arranged marriage and only agreed to it when his father said he would disown him, leaving him broke and penniless. The icing on the cake was when his father said he would someday turn over his dynasty to him.
The wedding was to be held in Greece and then he and his bride would fly back to France and move into the home he bought a couple of years ago. To this day he had no idea what she looked like and hoped she was a little attractive, after all, he did have a reputation to uphold. How would it look to others if she was plain? But no matter what he was not going to make love to her, it was going to be a sexless marriage as far as he was concerned. He had no idea there was another part to the deal in order for him to get what his father promised him but he would soon find out.
