Saved by His Love, Shelter in His Arms

Elise Morris takes a marriage contract meant for her sister. Her parents arrange it, and she signs in her sister's name to marry Gavin Carter, a CEO she has never met before the ceremony. The arrangement is treated as a business transaction between the two families, with no expectation of affection on either side. Elise works as an intern before the marriage and continues living under her parents' decisions rather than her own. Her sister avoids the obligation entirely, leaving Elise to move into Gavin's house and take on the role of his wife in name only. Gavin keeps his distance at first, treating the marriage as a formality tied to family business. Over time he starts intervening when Elise's parents try to use her again for their own ends, and when colleagues at her workplace attempt to undercut her position. He does this without announcing it to her, handling matters through his own channels. Elise leaves the internship and begins working as a journalist, taking on assignments that put her in contact with the same business and family circles Gavin operates in. She starts making decisions about her work and her time without checking first with her parents or with Gavin. The two continue living under the same roof, and the distance between them narrows through the ordinary friction of shared meals, shared schedules, and repeated small conflicts with outside parties who want something from one or both of them. What began as a signature on a contract becomes an actual marriage between two people who did not choose each other but stay anyway.