*The Arranged Marriage: The CEO's Substitute Bride* is a modern romantic novel full of entanglements and deep affection. The male protagonist, Stefan Harrison, is handsome, wealthy, and ruthless, making decisive moves in the business world. The female protagonist, Martha Doyle, is gentle and kind-hearted but has an unfortunate fate, and she has been deeply in love with Stefan. The novel tells a tortuous, complex story full of love and hate between them.

Martha had been filled with joy, thinking that she was finally pregnant with Stefan's child. However, the moment she received the health check report, she felt as if she had fallen into an ice cellar. The words "blood cancer" were clearly written on it. Standing in the hospital corridor, helplessness and confusion overwhelmed her completely. With trembling hands, she dialed Stefan's phone number, full of anticipation for his comfort. However, all she got was a cold "I'm busy," and then the phone was mercilessly hung up.

Just then, she saw Stefan hugging another woman intimately — Hollie Doyle, her half-sister from a different mother. Hollie had disappeared for three years and suddenly reappeared. Her weak and pitiful appearance made Stefan's eyes full of love and pity. Martha felt a sharp pain in her heart. Her husband, the man who had rarely come home for a long time, was embracing another woman in such a situation.

Stefan accused Martha, saying that Hollie was seriously ill and that her bone marrow matched Hollie's. He demanded that she must donate it. Martha was full of grievances and wanted to tell the truth that she also had blood cancer, but she simply had no chance. Stefan's indifference and ruthlessness shattered her heart into countless pieces.

When she got home, Martha decided to divorce. When she was dragging her suitcase and preparing to leave, Stefan appeared. Not only did he not agree to the divorce, but he also forcibly kept her by his side, with the reason that she was still useful and he wanted her to donate bone marrow to Hollie. Martha firmly refused, and Stefan threatened her, saying that if she didn't comply, he would make Rupert Turner lose everything.

Martha's father, Maxwell Doyle, had failed in his investment, and the company fell into a crisis. Shareholders withdrew their investments one after another, and he suffered a stroke due to anxiety. He begged Martha to ask Stefan for investment to save the company. Under helplessness, Martha had to brace herself and go to find Stefan. During this period, Hollie asked to meet her and arrogantly demanded that she donate bone marrow. Martha saw through the truth that Hollie didn't have a terminal illness at all, but Hollie insisted that Martha owed her because Maxwell favored Martha, which led to her failure to become Stefan's wife.

In order to help her father, Martha had to agree to Stefan's request and accompany him to meet the client. Stefan hoped that she could make the client, Rhys Williams, sign the cooperation agreement, otherwise, he would not help her father's company. In the nightclub, Rhys showed a strong interest in Martha, while Stefan mercilessly pushed her towards Rhys and then left. For the sake of her father, Martha could only endure the humiliation and fear in her heart and deal with Rhys.

In the end, Martha successfully got Rhys to sign the contract. However, when she got home, Stefan suspected that she had a relationship with Rhys. He beat and scolded her, and then forced himself on her. After that, he coldly asked her to take birth control pills, fearing that she would get pregnant with someone else's child. Martha was filled with despair but could only endure it silently.

On the other side, Hollie returned to the Doyle Manor, and there was a tense confrontation between her and her father, Maxwell. She proudly showed off that Stefan had bought her a villa and claimed that she would soon become Stefan's wife. She revealed the scars on her arm and threatened to take revenge on her father and Martha.

Eden Stone returned from a business trip abroad and noticed that Martha was not in a good state. Stefan sent him to search for suitable bone marrow in the overseas bone marrow banks, but he found nothing. Since his assistant was on vacation, Eden borrowed Martha from Stefan and asked her to sign an endorsement contract with the model Joann Lowe. Joann, a good friend of Hollie's, deliberately made things difficult for Martha and refused to sign the contract. Martha met Rhys by chance and learned that he had a close relationship with Joann, so she asked him to help persuade Joann. Rhys agreed, but he asked Martha to owe him a favor.

Martha's friend, Melissa, was arrested by the police because the condoms she sold were suspected to have quality problems, which caused injury to a customer. Under helplessness, Martha turned to Stefan for help, and Stefan finally helped solve the problem. However, when they got home, Stefan accused Martha of making bad friends and humiliated her. Martha had an argument with him. In a fit of anger, Stefan once again mentioned that she was not a virgin and spoke harshly to her.

The next day, Martha learned that Rhys had persuaded Joann to sign the contract on her behalf, and she was in charge of the commercial shooting. On the day of the shooting, Joann deliberately broke the necklace and framed Martha. At a critical moment, Rhys proposed checking the surveillance, and the truth came to light. After Stefan saw the surveillance, he realized that he had misunderstood Martha. At this time, Martha's condition worsened. She suddenly fainted in the bathroom at home with blood flowing continuously. After Stefan found out, he rushed her to the hospital in a hurry. At the hospital, Rupert arrived and angrily rushed towards Stefan. It seemed that a conflict was about to break out...

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