Georgia
Teenage me had spent countless hours fantasizing about marrying my older brother’s best friend. But not a single one of those fantasies had involved marrying my childhood crush simply to avoid sending my Greek Orthodox parents into an early grave because I'd accidentally gotten pregnant by my ex.

Yet, here we are. I'm about to be a mom, and the man I'm playing house with has no idea that the thirteen-year-old girl inside me is kinda in love with him. Oh, who am I kidding, I’m still totally in love with him. This has disaster written all over it…

Brix
My best friend and I had been born days apart, had gone to school together, played sports together, and we’d even become FDNY firefighters together. He's the closest thing I've got to a brother. So, when his little sister returned to the city after veterinary school, pregnant and terrified of being on her own, I'd stepped up and married her.

It isn’t a real marriage–well, I mean, legally, it is, but it’s not like we’re actually in a relationship. Except that as I spend more time with my "wife," I realize she’s not an annoying little girl anymore. Crossing that line could very well cost me my brother, but not crossing it could cost me my heart. Now I’m faced with an impossible decision, and life as we've known it will never be the same.

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