Couples Therapy
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Last published Wed, Jun 3, 2026
My name is Andrea Benson-Drea, to most people. I've been working for Raylan Carter for a while, and it didn't take long to learn the important things: how he takes his coffee, when not to interrupt him, and that he guards his personal life tighter than a locked vault.
But, when Raylan's future at his company-and my job-suddenly hang in the balance, he comes to me with a proposal I can't refuse.
To save everything, I need to learn everything about him. Not his surface level preferences and annoying quirks, but the real, deep shit.
AND, I need to do it fast. Because for the next few weeks, I'm not just his assistant.
I'm his fiancée.
Our mission? Convince a world-renowned couples therapist that we're trying to fix our relationship.
Simple enough... until the lines between pretending and truly feeling start to blur.
Either way, we don't have a choice. We're in this. But, what happens if we can't fool her?
Or worse-what happens next if we can?
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