Jessica accidentally uncovers a passionate fictional romance novel on the laptop of Liam, her former fiancé's aloof older brother, and mistakenly convinces herself that Liam has been harboring an obsessive unrequited crush on her for years. When circumstances force them into a marriage of convenience, both secretly assume the other is completely infatuated.
Living under the same roof, their playful domestic banter and manufactured posturing slowly blossom into profound, authentic affection. However, when the original misunderstanding regarding the manuscript is exposed, each assumes the other's affection was entirely fabricated, prompting a painful divorce before Liam realizes he cannot live without his wife.
