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“Is it so unthinkable of a suggestion? Am I that off-putting, that horrible that you cannot even imagine pretending to date me?"
"No, Fran. It's not that. It's—" Michaela stopped, shaking her head and sighing. "You deserve more than that. More than what I'm looking to offer."
"I want nothing more!" Francesca spoke too emphatically, drawing attention to herself. "It's seamless. It solves both of our problems. You get a steady, unobjectionable partner and in turn, the estate. I get a reprieve from my family's haranguing, as they'll see I'm happily coupled. Nobody needs to know that our partnership is platonic masquerading as something more."
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Michaela can’t inherit the Stirling Estate unless she reforms her womanizing ways and Francesca can’t get her family to cease their incessant badgering about her finding true love. Realizing they both stand to gain from a relationship, they start up a fake one. Inconveniently for their plan, they’re already in love.