trope
Marriage of Convenience
A plot where two characters marry for practical reasons rather than love, often to secure an inheritance, gain citizenship, or fulfill a family obligation, only to find themselves falling for each other.
Why readers love it
Readers love watching the tension between duty and emotion, where every shared moment becomes a step toward genuine intimacy despite the characters' insistence that the arrangement is purely transactional.
Also called
fake marriage
marriage of necessity
arranged marriage
contract marriage
forced proximity marriage
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