She Rented the Wrong Boyfriend—Unaware He Was a CEO Who Had Loved Her Since Childhood

Pressured by her family to marry, PhD researcher Sarah Palmer agrees to bring home a rented boyfriend. But she approaches the wrong man at the campus gate: Daniel Hayes, her childhood best friend, whom she no longer recognizes. Still secretly in love with her, Daniel adopts the name Kevin Ross and plays along. He defends Sarah against her jealous cousin, wins over her family and turns their arrangement into an official marriage. At a school reunion, Sarah fiercely defends the bullied boy she remembers—only to discover that her husband is that very boy. Hurt by his deception, she considers divorce. But when rivals steal her research and accuse her of plagiarism, Daniel intervenes as the CEO of Hayes Group, exposes the fraud and restores her funding. After an honest confession of his lifelong love, Sarah chooses him freely, and their families prepare to celebrate a real wedding.