Marriage of Unconvenience

Lauren “Lo” Bowman, facing urgent financial stress and an inheritance with a marriage condition, devises a plan with her childhood best friend Cara Simms to pretend they are married in order to claim the inheritance. What begins as a simple scheme quickly blurs the lines between fakery and reality, leading Lo to confront unexpected feelings. This story explores friendship, circumstance, and the complexities of emotion in a lighthearted yet poignant way.