Perfect Harmony

They call me the sensitive Thomas twin. The plant-obsessed, sentimental, too-much one.

I don't let it get to me because my mom taught me to love myself and to nurture the things around me.

I haven't quite processed her passing, not in the way everyone wants me to. I have my plants, my siblings, and the quiet rituals that keep me moving forward. And I also have him, my best friend, Bryce Hampton.

Family having your back is a given. Finding a best friend that has your back is a rare gift. One I'm grateful for.

But my best friend, he's nothing like me. He's an ambitious neat-freak and perfectly on-track to make partner at his law firm if he plays the part right. Fiancée included-except he doesn't have one of those.

That's where I come in.

He has this wild idea that we should fake an engagement.

One photo. One ring. One passionate kiss that doesn't feel like pretend...

I'm willing to go along with his idea because he thinks people like him don't get to have it all. I think I want to be the reason he's wrong.

The only problem is I didn't expect it to feel this real.

Now, I don't know if he's falling for me or the perfect version of us that we created to impress everyone else.