Match of Equals: Mr. Sterling, Business Marriage Without Love

The day the news of the Jiang family's bankruptcy spread throughout New York, Elena Jiang was sitting in Julian Sterling's office.

She came to "sell" herself.

"Mr. Sterling, although the Jiang family is down, the core technology and overseas channels are still there. As long as you agree to inject capital, the Jiang family can survive." Elena's back was straight. Even in a desperate situation, her eyebrows still carried the pride of a young lady.

Julian Sterling sat in the executive chair, his slender legs crossed, playing with an expensive fountain pen in his hand. He looked at the woman in front of him with leisure.

Elena Jiang, once the most dazzling red rose in New York, now had to bow her head to him.

"Injecting capital into the Jiang family is not a cost-effective deal for me." Julian's tone was cold, "Unless you can give me a reason why I must inject capital."

Elena took a deep breath and looked directly into his eyes: "I can marry you. The Sterling family urgently needs a wife from a famous family with a clean background to deal with the old master's urging for marriage, don't they?"

Julian stopped his movements, his dark eyes half-squinted, "Miss Jiang, are you recommending yourself for my bed?"

"No, this is a cooperation." Elena corrected, "No interference after marriage, and no talk of love. The term is three years. By then, the Jiang family will have recovered, and we will divorce peacefully."

Julian suddenly laughed. He stood up and walked to Elena, his tall body bringing a sharp wind.

"No interference, no talk of love?" He leaned down, his warm breath puffing against her ear, "Elena, do you think I, Julian Sterling, am a vegetarian?"

His slender fingers picked up her chin, his eyes gloomy with a trace of playfulness.

"Fine. In three days, go to the Civil Affairs Bureau."

Elena originally thought this was just a mutually beneficial transaction, but she didn't notice the determined madness in Julian's eyes when he signed the agreement.

Sterling villa, master bedroom.

Elena Jiang came out after showering, only wrapped in a bathrobe. She looked at Julian Sterling sitting by the bed, slowly unfastening his tie, and felt a little nervous in her heart.

"Mr. Sterling, we agreed, no interference after marriage."

Julian put down his tie, looked up at her, his eyes full of thick playfulness, "Mrs. Sterling, no interference refers to living space, but this does not include... marital obligations."

"Julian Sterling, you're cheating!"

"Cheating?" Julian stood up, approaching her step by step. His tall figure completely enveloped Elena, and the air was filled with a male aggressiveness, "Elena, do you think it's necessary for me to cheat on my legal wife?"

His slender fingers hooked the belt of her bathrobe and pulled lightly.

Elena let out an exclamation and subconsciously wanted to cover her chest, but her wrist was grabbed by him and pressed against the headboard.

"The Jiang family now owes me a billion. Miss Jiang, do you think this billion is just to buy a 'nominal' Mrs. Sterling?" Julian's voice was hoarse and dangerous, "Or do you think I, Julian Sterling, am a decoration?"

He leaned down and fiercely kissed her lips.

Elena wanted to resist, but was more deeply demanded by him.

That night, in the luxurious bedroom, Elena truly understood that this man's so-called "no talk of love" was actually built on absolute possessiveness.

And she had completely fallen into his net.

Early the next morning, when Elena Jiang woke up, the position beside her was already empty.

On the table was a share transfer agreement and a black gold card.

"The capital injection for the Jiang family has arrived. With this card, buy whatever you want." Julian Sterling wrote on the message note, his handwriting vigorous and powerful.

Elena looked at the agreement, but her heart was not as relaxed as imagined.

She got dressed and appeared on time in the conference room of the Sterling Group. Her current identity was not only Mrs. Sterling but also the representative of the Jiang Group.

"Mr. Sterling, regarding the development of the overseas market, I think the Jiang family can cooperate..."

Julian Sterling at the conference table, dressed in a suit and tie, with a cold expression, as if the man who frantically demanded last night was just an illusion. He flipped through the documents, his tone flat, "Miss Jiang, business is business, I don't want to talk about personal feelings in the conference room."

Elena bit her teeth, "Don't worry, Mr. Sterling, I didn't plan to talk about love either."

In the following month, the two cooperated seamlessly in the workplace.

Elena's decisiveness and talent made Julian look at her with new eyes. He found that this woman was not just a red rose, but also a sharp sword.

This pull between equals instead gave him a never-before-felt excitement.

However, under the surface of this cooperation, Julian's possessiveness was quietly growing.

Whenever Elena talked more with other men because of work, Julian's performance in bed that night would become exceptionally rough.

"Elena, you are mine. Whether it's business or personal, you can only look at me."