Successful coach Dempsey Reynaud lives for football, his goal is to lead his team to victory in the Super Bowl. On the eve of the opening of the season, his personal assistant and childhood friend Adelaide Thibodeau announces her resignation because she wants to start her own company creating clothes and accessories for football fans. To keep her, Dempsey publicly announces their engagement and persuades her to pretend to be his bride for a month, secretly hoping during this time to convince her to stay forever. Reluctantly and once again neglecting her own interests for the sake of Dempsey, Adelaide agrees. Soon a passionate romance begins between them. Is there a future for relationships that started with a lie, or are they doomed to failure?..