The Actor's Contract

“Hi there. By now, you know about the boys. Those guys who are too handsome to miss ... too cocky to ignore ... and far too dangerous to get involved with. And you probably figured out ... these stories are not officially about them. Not completely. It's about us. Girls like me. The ones who don't mean to get pulled in. The ones who know better ... but still fall in love. The ones who should have walked away ... but didn't. I wish I could say I was different. That I saw it coming. That I made the smart choice. I didn't. So here I am. Aria Thompson. The next girl. Next one to fall for a San Francisco Boy. Enrique Lucio Blackburn. Famous actor. International model. Renowned playboy. Beautiful, broken ... and completely unreachable. Big mistake. People think they know him. They see the smirk. The fame. The endless string of women. They don't see the truth. He turned himself into a robot. Untouchable. Emotionless. Enrique Blackburn is allergic to love. And me? I walked straight into his world with a contract in my hand and desperation in my chest. My sister needed treatment. And he needed to fix his reputation. So we made a deal. Fake girlfriend. Public appearances. Perfect photos. No sex. No love. No relationship. Simple, right? Yeah ... not even close. Because the line between fake and real can get blurred very quickly. He started to matter. And despite the consequences, I let him take my breath and steal my heart. I have everything to win, but so much more to lose. So the real question isn't whether I can survive this deal ... but can I make the man who feels nothing ... feel everything? Can I turn fiction into something real? And most importantly ... can I make him say the words?”