Yujo Kekkon / Hara Title : PAPER WEDDING, BEST-FRIEND BRIDE (Harlequin De Izaia D 1819 Desire)

[Machine Translation] Lizzie was stunned when Max, her best friend since high school, proposed to her: "I have a five-year-old boy I want to adopt. Max is an unbelievably handsome bachelor aristocrat who has made a fortune in his successful business after graduating from high school. He felt a bond with an orphan boy he met at an orphanage on an island in the South Pacific during his travels and tried hard to find his adoptive parents, but he could find no one. But that didn't stop him from planning a quick divorce after he successfully adopted me, his best friend, in a token wedding ceremony.... That's when Lizzie came to her senses. Lizzie realized that she had been holding back her love for him because she didn't want to ruin their longtime friendship.

「養子にしたい5歳の男の子がいるから、ぼくと結婚してくれ」高校時代からの親友マックスの申し出に、リジーは茫然とした。マックスは高校卒業後に事業で大成功して巨万の富を築いた、思わずため息が出るほどハンサムな独身貴族の男性だ。旅先の南太平洋に浮かぶ島の施設で出会った孤児の男の子に絆を感じ、養父母を懸命に探したが、誰も見つからないという。だからといって、親友のわたしと形だけの結婚式を挙げて、首尾よく養子にできたら、すぐに離婚する計画を立てるなんて...。そのとき、リジーは気づいてしまった。長年の友情を壊したくなくて必死に抑えこんでいた彼への愛に。