Allison Styles has waited her whole life to be a mom. Waiting for her ex-husband to be ready, waiting for her parents' approval. Now? She’s done waiting. She wants to have a baby, and she’s running out of time. But after a sperm bank disaster leaves her out of money and options, her chance to raise a baby in Fairwick Falls might lie in the hands of one man. The man she hates. The smug, handsome divorce lawyer she’d happily push in front of a bus (if Fairwick Falls had buses). Wells Maroo is back in Fairwick Falls to fix the diner he bought on impulse. He’ll finally build something that lasts—while his mom and Pop are still here to see it. Wells finally admits what he a kid. A family. Roots. When no surrogate agency will touch a single, overworked lawyer, Wells does the unthinkable. He proposes they make a baby. The old-fashioned way. No dating. No love. No future entanglements beyond shared custody and a very clear contract. Forever.