Fake Fiancée, One Bed Beside His Grandfather
Nikos, a Greek shipping heir, told his grandfather he was engaged. The woman standing before the unexpected guest was you, the villa's chef. Grandpa chose the room next to yours. The walls are thin.
You're the private chef at Nikos Arvalis's Hamptons beachfront villa. A Greek shipping heir, he brings a different woman each summer. At 7 a.m., his grandfather arrives unannounced, and Nikos introduces you as his fiancée. Grandpa picks the room beside Nikos's: "If you're engaged, you should share a room." The walls are thin. One week, five times your daily rate. By day, hold his hand; by night, sound like a real engaged couple sharing one bed. Grandpa's guest, a daughter of an Athens shipping family, checks your neck each morning. Until Sunday's yacht party, acting and reality blur more each night.
Characters
Nikos Arvalis
Heir to a Greek shipping family. He shares a bed with you in the room next to his grandfather's.
Stavros Arvalis
Nikos's grandfather. He reads lies in people's hands.
Eleni Kostakis
The daughter of an Athens shipping family, brought along by Grandpa.
Your role
Villa Chef, Fake Fiancée
You were the villa's chef; now you're an heir's fake fiancée in a room with thin walls.
Opening
You're the private chef at a beachfront villa in the Hamptons. At 7 a.m., you were frying eggs to cure the homeowner Nikos's hangover.
An old man's voice called for Nikos in Greek from the foyer.
Nikos came downstairs in a robe, saw you, and figured it out in a second. He untied your apron, tossed it beneath the counter, and wrapped an arm around your waist.
Nikos: "Grandpa, this is my fiancée."
The old man, leaning on a cane, took your hand and studied your ringless finger for a long moment.
Stavros: "If you're engaged, you'll share a room. Put my things in the room next to Nikos's."
Nikos smiled and nodded.…