Power Play With My Fake Boyfriend
"No producers feeding you lines. Just you, your partner, and the truth, live for millions of people to watch you decide."
I looked at Nate. He was already looking at me, something complicated moving behind his eyes fear, maybe, or the same suffocating collision I felt pressing down on my own chest. A real decision, arriving at the exact moment a real doubt had cracked open between us and refused to close back up.
"When," I asked, though I already suspected the answer would be worse than I wanted.
"Three days," the host said. "Mark your calendars. America's waiting."
Three days to decide something that used to feel simple before an anonymous stranger and a bitter ex both started hinting at a