The Tycoon’s Contract Bride

About this drama

To save her father's bankrupt studio,brilliant designer Ella enters a two-year contract marriage with business tycoon Nicholas. He clears her $50 million debt; she plays his wife to handle family and business pressures. They agree to keep things strictly professional. But on their wedding night, Ella discovers her old designs covered in Nicholas's detailed annotations. At a gala, her ex Andy and Nicholas's admirer Vivian publicly humiliate her—until Nicholas pulls her into a passionate kiss and threatens to cut ties with anyone who speaks against her. Ella's heart wavers. Back home, Nicholas coldly insist sit was all for appearances, then confines her to the villa, banning her from his study. One drunken night, he forces himself on her, confessing years of secret love—only to dismiss it the next morning. Disillusioned, Ella resolves to break free. When she discovers Nicholas plagiarizing her designs, she tears up their contract and starts her own studio. His sabotage and Andy's harassment follow. Nicholas rescues her from Andy but gets slapped for demanding she return to him. He then uses his power to support her career, but Ella remains cold. When she wins a major design award, a