Elsie Hannaway's life is an intricate balance of academic aspirations and financial necessity. By day, the theoretical physicist is an adjunct professor, pouring her heart into teaching and research in the hopes of securing tenure. By night, her alter ego emerges, offering services as a fake girlfriend—a gig that tests her acting prowess and provides much-needed financial support. Elsie's worlds collide with a crash when she encounters Jack Smith, her client's brother and the bane of her academic existence. This adversarial experimental physicist not only threatens her career prospects but also unwittingly challenges her staunch beliefs about love through a contentious yet undeniable attraction. Tasked with navigating dueling ambitions and the vortex of their intellectual rivalry turned romantic tension, Elsie must decide whether to embrace her most guarded theories on love or wage war in the name of scholarly pride.