Just Between Us: Franklin Notch 3 As the sheltered youngest daughter of absent parents, my brothers have always done everything for me - sent me to college, paid my rent, kept my health insurance current. But every attempt to repay their generosity ends in failure. Not this time. This time, I'm finally supporting myself, even if it means working at Andy Stewart's new tech startup. The same day I learn I need surgery, I lose my job, and my options are limited to nonexistent. Then I get a proposal from Andy, the only son of the most prominent family in town. He needs my help; he wants to marry me, and in four years after I've graduated with a degree and his business isn't reliant on outside investors, we'll amicably part ways. It's the perfect fake marriage until the illusion of being in love turns all too real. I've been waiting sixteen years for Nora McDonaghue to look my way. I fell in love with Franklin Notch's darling the moment I slammed into her at a basketball game, and her brother promptly punched me in the face for daring to touch her. Now, with the rivalry between us buried, I have my chance. But just like before, my luck couldn't be worse - I find her sobbing, and make a completely insane proposal. One that I'm shocked she accepts. My dreams are close to coming true when my childhood crush says yes, and now I need to convince her to stay.

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