About the book: 2023 / She is an unemployed provincial, he is a Muscovite and a successful businessman. Concluding a fictitious marriage with her, he directly says that he does not need a beautiful wife, but a resort scarecrow. Her tasks are limited to running the household, looking after his teenage daughter and warding off greedy beauties from her false husband who interfere with her rest. Intimacy is not provided for in the contract, neither are feelings. Once she already had an affair with a newcomer - as a result, she is raising her son alone. Now she knows her place and doesn't count on anything. He also has bad experience in family relationships and does not intend to step on the same rake again. But the game of being a happy spouse turns out to be dangerous and at some point ceases to be just a performance. Is a serious relationship possible between the characters? How will an unplanned romance end??