Faking It: Fake Engagement/Island Temptation

Will ‘faking it’ lead to making it?

Petra Gilpin has loved Sawyer – her brother’s best friend – since forever. To the point she made Sawyer promise at her eighteenth birthday if neither were hitched by the time she turned thirty, he would marry her. But after Petra’s brother died, Sawyer took it upon himself to take over the big brother mantle. Until guilt and feelings for Petra drove him away.After a decade apart they bump into one another in a nightclub in their hometown of Melbourne. Sawyer is now a big deal – an ex-football star, turned billionaire co-owner of Big Think Corp, a future-proofing endeavour whose plan is to save the world. Petra has worked hard to build an impeccable reputation for herself in the art world.When photos come out of Sawyer’s mock-proposal to Petra, they decide to lean into the misconception to avoid scandal.They may be able to ‘fake it’ for the camera, but there’s no faking the real feelings that begin to emerge. Or that this just may be the most meaningful and intimate relationship of their lives.