Olive and Ethan have a blissful few weeks on their return to Minneapolis, until Olive starts work at her new job. Olive decides to let Dane’s past remain his business. They kiss and begin a romantic relationship, though they have some miscommunications about Ethan’s ex. Olive pushes Ethan to admit to the chemistry between them. Olive believes this was infidelity, not consensual non-monogamy, and Ethan persuades her she cannot confront Ami about this until they return. The next day, Olive confronts Ethan about these revelations, and she learns that Dane was seeing other people while he and Ami were a couple. In fact, he was interested in her when they first met and Dane persuaded him she was too negative to be worth pursuing.
After a pleasant day of sightseeing, Ethan gets drunk and admits to Olive he has never held any genuine animosity toward her. Olive struggles with her increasing attraction to Ethan as they relax more together and the tension between them lessens. Olive learns more about Ethan’s ex-girlfriend. The next day they decide to play paintball together. Olive and Ethan find they enjoy the outdoor excursion together, bonding over a near-naked collision in a tiny boat bathroom. Soon after, Ethan runs into his ex-girlfriend, Sophie, and her new fiancé, and he keeps up the ruse on his own account. The tension between them ratchets up when they must pretend to be a couple in public: Olive runs into her future boss and tells him she is on her honeymoon, begging Ethan to attend dinner with her. Olive and Ethan arrive at the resort and discover there is only one bed. Olive and Ethan reluctantly agree, hoping to avoid one another the entire time. They are the only members of the wedding who are spared from a food borne illness, and Ami urges them to take her nonrefundable honeymoon trip. Olive and Ethan trade barbs during the wedding, especially about her bright green dress, but are soon focused on other matters. Olive is not especially fond of her brother-in-law, Dane, and she dreads encountering Ethan, who she considers judgmental, especially of her body and behavior. Ami is an optimist noted for her ability to win contests and compete for prizes, but Olive sees herself as a pessimist with perpetual bad luck ever since a childhood mishap with an arcade game resulted in a local media incident. During the festivities, Olive is forced to spend time with the groom’s brother, Ethan Thomas. The work centers around the romantic life and misadventures of Olive Torres as she prepares for the wedding of her identical twin sister Ami.
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