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Married to the Ice King: My Contracted Husband Wants Me to Stay

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Ten years. Three children. Zero emotions. That was the contract Larissa Petrov signed when she married Lukyan Volkov—the cold, calculating surgeon with eyes like winter and a heart just as frigid. Their arrangement was clear: she’d give him heirs, and in return, she’d gain the security to escape her painful past. But eight years in, everything starts to unravel. Lukyan is changing. Watching her too closely. Touching her too gently. Whispering promises that were never part of the deal. And just when Larissa begins to fear she might fall for the man she was never meant to love… one of their children vanishes—inside a mirror that should not exist. Now, Larissa must uncover the haunting secrets buried in Lukyan’s past, navigate a house filled with chilling whispers and locked doors, and protect her children from a darkness that wants them back. The contract promised her freedom. But what if her husband—and whatever haunts him—has no intention of letting her go?
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