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Two very different people who shares one common thing: They're afraid of falling in love.
Eleanor Edeson, a mother of two, is an independent woman who has to work hard for the things she has in life. Parker Jenkins, the most-sought out bachelor in the country of England, has things served for him on a silver platter all his life.
Although what happens when Eleanor and her two toddler sons become homeless, and the pressure on Parker finding a wife troubles him and the company he's suppose to inherit? These two rather complicated situation forces them to a marriage filled with anything but love. Will they be able to fight the attraction brewing between them, or will they go against their wishes of not falling in love?
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