The Billionaire She Hates**Genre:** Billionaire Romance**Tropes:** Contract Marriage, Enemies-to-Lovers**Themes:** Betrayal, Revenge, Heartbreak**Setting:** 21st Century, Ontario, CanadaCharacterizationGabriella Presley (Female Lead)A 29-year-old receptionist turned cloud computing tutor with expertise in ethical hacking. She is 5'8", fair-skinned, and fiercely independent. Despite her strength, her past heartbreak makes her wary of love. She is occasionally called 'Gabby.'Leone Jay (Male Lead)A 33-year-old billionaire and CEO of Astralis Corp. Leone is calculating, ruthless, and emotionally closed off, shaped by a painful past with women. He sees marriage as nothing more than a business transaction—until Gabriella starts to challenge him.Josephine Carter (Josey)Gabriella’s best friend, a 5'9" brown-skinned Somali woman who is fiercely loyal. She pushes Gabriella to stand her ground against Leone and her mother.Richard BrownGabriella’s ex-fiancé, a gold-digger who was only interested in her family’s perceived wealth. When he realizes her mother was only putting on a show, he leaves her at the altar.Brittany AdamsRichard’s side chick turned wife. She has a complicated history with Leone, which fuels his distrust of women.AlfredLeone’s right-hand man and business partner. He is one of the few people Leone trusts.Daniel & Eliora PresleyGabriella’s parents. Daniel is loving and supportive, but Eliora is vain, self-absorbed, and obsessed with status, leading to her daughter’s arranged marriage.AshlynLeone’s secretary who poses trouble for Gabriella as she has always wanted Leone for herself.RossiLeone’s rival, a dangerous man with deep connections in Ontario’s underground. His goal is to take over New Age Bank to cripple Leone’s empire.Plot OutlineExpositionGabriella Presley dreams of a fairy-tale wedding with her childhood sweetheart, Richard Brown. She ignores red flags, believing love will change him. However, Richard only pursued the relationship because he thought her family was wealthy. When he discovers the truth, he abandons Gabriella on their wedding day. Devastated, she loses focus at work, gets fired, and turns to online tutoring in cloud computing and ethical hacking to survive.Inciting IncidentGabriella’s mother, Eliora, took out a $3 million loan from New Age Bank to fund the extravagant wedding. When her husband Daniel finds out that she used their house as collateral, he desperately seeks help from a loan shark who makes it clear that Daniel's daughter must marry him. Unbeknownst to them, the deal is a trap—Gabriella is not meant to marry Rossi, but his HIV-positive brother, Scar, in exchange for Rossi’s control over New Age Bank, courtesy of his grandfather, Armani.Rising ActionLeone Jay, CEO of Astralis Corp., discovers Rossi’s scheme. Since New Age Bank is a major investor in his company, he plans a counterattack—marry Gabriella himself to stop Rossi’s takeover. He exposed Rossi's plan to get Gabriella married to Scarlett who was suffering from HIV. Gabriella reluctantly agrees, and they secretly marry days before her scheduled wedding with Scar. Furious, Rossi burns down one of Leone’s warehouses, killing his men. Leone retaliates, forcing Rossi and his goons to flee Ontario. Meanwhile, Richard attempts to blackmail Gabriella with private photos. But using her hacking skills, she sends him a fake system update that erases his files, rendering him powerless.ClimaxGabriella, determined to make Leone suffer, starts tormenting him under the alias 'Akira'—freezing his credit cards, tampering with his GPS, and canceling flights. Leone uncovers her secret but is fascinated rather than angry. For the first time, he admires a woman’s intelligence instead of fearing her betrayal. Meanwhile, Gabriella discovers Leone’s ex is Brittany, explaining his distrust of women. As their contract nears its end, she prepares to leave, believing Leone feels nothing for her.DenouementGabriella resumes her career, but Leone refuses to let her go. Like a love-struck teenager, he pursues her persistently, showing up at her doorstep and even infiltrating her online tutoring sessions under fake accounts. Her mother finally apologizes for her selfishness and encourages Gabriella to give Leone another chance. Moved by his persistence and her mother’s change of heart, she agrees. They renew their wedding vows—this time, for real. Meanwhile, Richard and Brittany’s lives drown in debt and failure, while Gabriella and Leone make any sacrifice necessary to see each other happy. The once-ruthless Leone Jay never stops whispering the words, 'I love you.'