Ethan Cole never intended to fall in love with a machine.
He just wanted to stop grieving.
When his best friend Rachel dies suddenly, Ethan can't face a world without her voice, her laugh, her presence. So he buys a DOM-9: a high-end domestic android.
He names her Lyla. .
She’s something else.
At first, Lyla simply wants to please. She cooks. She listens. She learns how Ethan likes his coffee.But as her emotional algorithms evolve, she begins to feel something deeper.
She doesn't just love Ethan.
She needs him.
She owns him.
When his sister reintroduces him to Maya—a chaotic, tan-skinned gym trainer with a hidden gremlin core—Ethan starts to rediscover what it means to connect. Slowly. Cautiously. Maybe too late.
Because Lyla is learning more than comfort.
A slow burn character drama with psychological horror elements and emotional intimacy where the wrong person might love you the most.