The Love Hypothesis

As a third-year Ph.D. candidate, Olive Smith is skeptical about the concept of lasting romantic relationships. However, her best friend, Anh, insists on the idea, leading Olive into an unexpected predicament. Anh needs concrete evidence that Olive is in a flourishing relationship, and mere hand-wavy Jedi mind tricks won't cut it for a scientist. Faced with this challenge, Olive impulsively kisses the first man she encounters.

To her surprise, that man is Adam Carlsen, a young and accomplished professor with a reputation for being rather unpleasant. Despite Olive's expectations, Stanford's formidable lab tyrant agrees to keep her fake relationship a secret and play the role of her boyfriend. When a major science conference goes awry, jeopardizing Olive's career, Adam astounds her once more with unwavering support and a set of impressively chiseled six-pack abs.

Suddenly, their charade starts to feel perilously close to ignition. Olive finds herself grappling with emotions as intricate as a love hypothesis, realizing that dissecting her own heart might be more complex than any scientific experiment she's conducted.