At a pressured family lunch, Gemma Judd faces her mother's ultimatum—her bank card frozen and three days to find a husband—when Cyril Payne offers, "If you're in a rush, why don't you marry me?" Cyril, blocked from family succession because he's unmarried, needs a legal marriage and children on paper. He asks Gemma to let him claim the children. Gemma warns about Uncle Wesley's interference. After a brief negotiation they agree to a sham marriage and decide to register immediately. They leave to register, but the children's legal status and Uncle Wesley's reaction remain unresolved.