• WATTYS 2022 WINNER • When Iris Monet married millionaire Jared Darling, she had only one rule - that he could cheat on her with anyone except the household staff. This arrangement of theirs would have gone on quite happily if she hadn't caught him on the snooker table with their maid, and on their wedding anniversary night no less. Humiliated and more than a little drunk, Iris storms out of the house vowing never to return unless it's for a well-compensated divorce. But as the train trundles out of the city, she slowly calms down and quickly realizes that there's a problem. A big problem. Because the only thing Iris has ever done in her life is being a trophy wife. The prospect of unfunded singlehood on the cusp of her thirties is a horrifying nightmare she's unprepared to deal with. So naturally, when she lays eyes on who she thinks is the richest bachelor in Ryefair, Iris is more than ready to put her claws into him. Except, Satoh Akai isn't the richest bachelor in Ryefair - not by a long shot. And as someone who speaks better with animals than people, romance is the furthest thing from his mind. When an unstoppable force meets an immovable object, anything is possible but one thing is certain - worlds will collide and hearts will burn. ✒ 17th November 2021 (start) ✒ 27th July 2022 (end)

Synopsis: Seventeen year old Aida is still terrified of her horrific past with her ex- boyfriend Chase and won't tell anyone what happened hoping she'll forget, and when he leaves for an entire year she hopefully thinks he's gone forever. Aida has not made one inch of progress since then. And with her dad struggling to keep the house she offers to help out every day after school at his hardware store. But what she doesn't know is that Chase is coming back in town to stay for his senior year claiming that he's missing his "girlfriend" and friends. Aida doesn't know what to do because she knows that she will not be able to survive another year with him. So when Tommy the new guy starts to work at her dad's store he tries to befriend her which makes everything complicated and harder for Aida, knowing Chase wouldn't allow it. So will the new mysterious guy be able to help Aida through this or make matters worse...