NBA star Jalen Knox has it all-talent, fame, and a playboy reputation that won't quit. When bad press threatens his career, his agent turns to a risky fix: fake dating. Enter Renee Porter, a fresh PR rep just starting her dream job. Pretending to be the perfect couple was supposed to clean up his image, but soon staged dates, late-night texts, and stolen glances start to blur the line between business and real feelings. With paparazzi watching, messy exes resurfacing, and careers on the line, one question remains: can love survive when it starts with a lie?

Was it ever me... or just him?

𝐚 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐢 𝐨𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐚 𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. - 𝐖𝟑𝐍𝐙𝐈𝐊 𝐌𝐀𝐃𝐄 𝐈𝐓.

＠𝖣𝖣𝖮𝖳𝖲𝖫𝖵𝖱 𝐈𝐍 𝐖𝐇𝐈𝐂𝐇 - ashlyn jackson and ethan reyes are no longer together nor like each other, but would still do anything to proctect one another.

"you act as if I don't have feelings for you." "cause you never said anything bout it.

in which, she knows how to keep secrets and he wants to keep 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚 a secret. dd osama x fem!oc ( black ) started; 15 FEB, 23 finished; 23 APRIL, 23

𝟔 months after their breakup , ethans resentment towards ella grew bigger. ella still loved ethan. but he 𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 her. "ethan keeps texting me but 𝐮𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 them everytime , i wonder why." ella asked ahna ethan had 𝐬𝐨 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 to say. but instead , he stood quiet , and was left alone with his thoughts and 𝐮𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐦𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬. @𝐤𝐡𝐢𝐢𝟐𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬. ꨄ

EPILOGUESZN © 𝟏𝟎𝟎𝟗𝟐𝟑 𝟔 𝐌𝐎𝐍𝐓𝐇𝐒 𝐎𝐅 𝐉𝐔𝐍𝐄. ▸ dthang gz. . 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟗 ＼ part time photographer and full time hopeless romantic 𝒅𝒊𝒂𝒎𝒐𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒔 is what his friends call ' tender ' when it comes to the women he involves himself with. if he isn't falling head over heels for one night stands , crawling back to his on and off , on again and off again and on again and off once again ex-girlfriend... he's flirting his way into the pants of the next unsuspecting woman. he then meets his latest muse, upcoming model and exchange college student 𝒋𝒖𝒏𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒆 ❛ 𝒋𝒖𝒏𝒆 ❜ 𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒔𝒐𝒏 who is goal driven and has a penchant of staying away from committed relationships after an excruciating heartbreak. despite their different outlooks, through their shared interests they grow closer. diamond is convinced they're soulmates, the girl he's been searching for his whole life... until she randomly dumps him. leaving him to question where it all went wrong. this is not a love story. this is a story about love. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀. ↳ 𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐩 : 500 days of summer.