The Vet's Proposal

She came home to say goodbye. He offered her a way to hold on. But neither expected to fall in love... Twelve years after leaving Redford Falls behind, Rina Singh returns to care for her ailing father and help run the family restaurant. Caught between grief, duty, and the life she left behind, Rina has no time for romance-especially not with her charming ex back in town pushing for a second chance. When Luke Barlow, her former high school lab partner turned irresistible small-town vet, steps in with a bold proposal-a marriage of convenience to fulfill her father's final wish-Rina reluctantly agrees. It's temporary. It's practical. It's absolutely not real. Except stolen glances feel achingly genuine. Tender moments blur the lines they've drawn. As their staged relationship deepens into something neither expected, the stakes spiral beyond their hearts. Luke's dream of opening a wildlife rehab center hangs in the balance, and Rina faces an impossible choice between the life she's building here and the one waiting for her back in the city. Can a love that began as an arrangement become the real thing? In a town where everyone knows your business, pretending is hard enough. Pretending they aren't falling in love? That's impossible.