A substitute bride undergoes a billionaire's weekly intimacy curriculum, sparking genuine desire until the original bride returns.
Pauline Stewart enters a contractual marriage with William Gordon, a billionaire whose reputation for ruthlessness precedes him. He mandates a structured Sunday Ritual, a progressive curriculum of marital behaviors that opens with a kiss and intensifies each week. The staged encounters dissolve the boundary between performance and authentic longing, binding them in a hunger neither anticipated. Stability fractures when Pauline's missing sister resurfaces, intent on reclaiming her designated role and exposing the deception that underpins the union.
Motifs
Contractual intimacy curriculum
Substitute identity crisis
Escalating forbidden desire
For viewers who
Fans of contract marriage tropes will appreciate the structured intimacy escalation and the looming threat of the original bride's return.
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