Rowan's planned birthday dinner collapses when fiancé Declan publicly names Ivanna Cox as his soulmate. Checking their accounts reveals more than a year of spending on Ivanna at Rowan's expense. She ends the engagement, freezes joint accounts and contacts her attorney about repayment, placing financial control and personal independence ahead of managing the public scandal.
Left at the altar, Zoey Bennett hires a date to restore her confidence, only to discover that he is winery CEO Christian Kensington. Public attention and his grandfather's expectations force them to maintain the appearance of a relationship tied to his inheritance. Their performance becomes harder to separate from feelings neither planned to develop.
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