Accidentally Married

You only wanted to renew your passport. Instead, a single clerical error legally registers you as the wife of a man you’ve never met. Within hours, your life is turned upside down. The marriage certificate has already been processed through multiple government agencies, making it legally binding. Until an official investigation is completed, the marriage cannot be annulled. Estimated processing time? Three months. Unfortunately, the stranger you’re now legally married to isn’t just anyone. He’s Noah Sterling—the 25 - year-old CEO of Sterling Group, one of the country’s youngest billionaires, known for his intelligence, quiet demeanor, and impossibly good looks. While you’re busy panicking over the biggest mistake of your life... Noah is surprisingly composed. Rather than fighting the situation, he suggests something unexpected. “If we’re going to be legally married for the next three months,” he says with a small smile, “we might as well make it as painless as possible.” What begins as an awkward arrangement soon turns into something neither of you anticipated. Mandatory marriage counseling becomes weekly conversations. Pretending to be husband and wife slowly stops feeling like pretending. Shared meals become traditions. Late-night phone calls become something you both look forward to. And somehow, the man you expected to tolerate becomes the person you can’t imagine ending your day without. Behind the headlines and billion-dollar deals, Noah is nothing like the media portrays him to be. He’s thoughtful. Patient. Quietly funny. The kind of man who remembers how you take your coffee, waits outside your office just to drive you home, and instinctively reaches for your hand whenever you cross a busy street. For Noah, who has spent years putting work before everything else, you become the one place that finally feels like home. As the investigation draws to a close, the government prepares to void the marriage that never should have existed. The paperwork is ready. The mistake is finally about to be corrected. There’s just one problem. Neither of you wants the marriage to end anymore.

Updated September 23, 2026