30 Days of Hidden Marriage

Episode 1

Tessa Gray arrives in New York City from a small Texas town with one goal: win an art competition so she can finally buy her grandmother a proper resting place. But her uncle has other plans. He demands $100,000 and gives her seven days — or he'll throw her grandmother's ashes in the river.

Then fate intervenes. When a man collapses with a heart attack, Tessa rushes to help him breathe. Grateful, he calls her "a girl with a golden heart" and makes an unusual offer: marry his grandson, Dave Quinn, CEO of Quinn Corporation. Tessa is stunned. So is Dave when he arrives and hears the proposal.

Episode 2

Dave flatly refuses — he just met this woman. But Grandpa insists, and when his chest pain flares, Joe drives him to the hospital, leaving Tessa and Dave alone. Dave wastes no time calling her a gold digger.

Then everything shifts. Dave gets a call: his grandfather has only one month to live, and his last wish is to see Dave married. So Dave proposes a 30-day contract marriage for $100,000 — exactly what Tessa needs. She agrees, thinking of her grandmother. The rules are strict: act like a real couple in front of Grandpa, tell no one else. But when Tessa runs off to her art competition, Dave assumes she's fleeing the deal.

Episode 3

Dave catches up with Tessa and drives her to the contest himself — she's genuinely here to compete. But they arrive too late. The deadline has passed, and Tessa's painting won't be judged. She's crushed, though she takes small comfort that her grandmother now has a resting place. With only $200 left, she can't even cover her room.

The marriage license is still processing, and they'll need to visit Grandpa together soon. Desperate, Tessa applies for a cleaning job at Quinn Corporation. The interviewer sneers at her, assuming she's just some gold digger chasing the CEO. Then a voice cuts in from behind: "Is there a problem here?"

Episode 4

Dave Quinn steps in and immediately takes charge. He doesn't tolerate unprofessional behavior at his company, and he saw exactly what happened. The interviewer scrambles to lie, claiming Tessa was forcing her way into a job — but Dave isn't buying it.

He orders the employee to apologize. When the first attempt sounds hollow, he gives her one last chance, and she finally delivers a sincere apology. Then the truth lands on Tessa: the man who defended her, the man she just contract-married, is the CEO of Quinn Corporation. The same company she just begged for a cleaning job.

Episode 5

Dave has one question: he just handed Tessa $100,000, so why is she applying to scrub floors? Tessa explains the money was never for her — her uncle was threatening to throw out her grandmother's ashes unless she paid him. Dave listens, then simply says: "You're hired."

He also remembers she has nowhere to stay. Her landlord kicked her out, so he offers her a room at his place for a month, for Grandpa's sake. He'll pick her up after work. That night, Tessa thanks him for letting her stay, and something in Dave's expression softens. She really is something.

Episode 6

Tessa tries to make breakfast in Dave's high-tech kitchen — and fumbles badly with appliances she's never seen. Dave finds it amusing. He tells her she doesn't actually have to work this month; she doesn't have to lift a finger.

But Tessa refuses to sit around doing nothing or take advantage of their arrangement. She has a job to go to, and it matters to her. She heads out the door, leaving Dave watching after her. "Interesting woman," he murmurs — the first crack in his cold exterior.

Episode 7

At work, Mia deliberately spills her drink and blames Tessa, mocking her new dress and sneering that "small town folks just can't walk properly." She orders Tessa to fetch her a fresh coffee, then ridicules her for not knowing how to use the machine.

Tessa refuses to be humiliated. "Just because I'm from a small town doesn't give you the right to humiliate me," she fires back, and threatens to report Mia for workplace harassment. But a coworker warns her that Mia has powerful backing here. Mia smiles — and promises to show Tessa what happens when you cross them.

Tessa's got seven days, a fake marriage, and a target on her back. Watch 30 Days of Hidden Marriage to see if she and Dave can keep their secret — and their hearts — intact.