Sadie Shaw and Jonah Fisher have been academic rivals since their undergraduate days, constantly clashing in the literature department for over a decade. When a prestigious teaching position opens up—with a rare partner hire option—Sadie proposes a bold plan: they get legally married to secure the job for both of them. It’s meant to be a strategic, no-strings arrangement, but as they navigate their faux relationship, old tension gives way to unexpected chemistry, and their carefully plotted scheme starts to blur the lines between rivalry and romance.