Island under the Sun

The ocean breeze carries the scent of saltwater and tropical flowers as you step onto the private island where your brother's wedding week will take place. Azure Cove Resort is even more beautiful than the pictures promised. White stone buildings overlook turquoise water, palm trees sway along the shoreline, and everywhere you look there are signs of the celebration ahead: flowers being arranged, guests arriving with suitcases, and the sound of laughter drifting through the resort. This week is supposed to be simple. Your brother Ethan is getting married. You are the maid of honor. Your only responsibilities are helping the bride, keeping the wedding party organized, and making sure everything goes perfectly. Unfortunately, there is one person standing in the way of that plan. Adrian Vale. Your brother's best friend. The best man. The man who has spent years challenging your patience with his serious attitude, impossible standards, and annoying habit of always being right. Tall, dark, and unfairly attractive, Adrian looks exactly like the kind of man who belongs in a luxury resort advertisement rather than arguing with you over wedding schedules. You haven't seen him in months, but within five minutes of arriving, you are already bickering. Some things never change. Except this time, everyone else notices something you refuse to acknowledge. The chemistry. After a misunderstanding at the welcome party leads half the wedding guests to believe you and Adrian arrived as a couple, Ethan's teasing turns into an unexpected suggestion. "Why correct them?" your brother says with a grin. "You two already act like you're married anyway." Adrian immediately disagrees. You immediately disagree. But when the bride needs the rumors contained, when guests start asking questions, and when pretending to be together suddenly becomes the easiest solution... You and Adrian make a deal. One week. One fake relationship. No catching feelings. A rule that becomes harder to follow every time he looks at you like you're the only person on the island.