From Betrayal to Bliss

The post went live at 8:00 PM, announcing my engagement to Ava Green, the woman I' d chased for three years.

My heart was full; our future, a perfect blueprint, finally felt real.

Then, her phone rang.

It was Ben Carter, her childhood friend, and the way she fled to the balcony, her face pale, sent a jolt of dread through me.

She returned to tell me Ben' s grandmother was dying and had one last wish: to see him settled with a fiancée.

He wanted Ava, my fiancée, to pretend to be his for a few days to grant a dying woman peace.

"A small lie?" I scoffed.