kingofdairyqueem
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In the summer of 2002, Nicole Williams is the fashion industry's newest obsession-a rising Australian supermodel and freshly signed Victoria's Secret Angel. But just as her star begins to rise, rumors start swirling about a scandalous fling with a married designer. Her team needs a distraction, and fast.
Enter Eminem, the biggest rapper on the planet, fresh off The Eminem Show and gearing up for the release of 8 Mile. With drama brewing around his ex, his rivals, and his public image, his PR team sees an opportunity: a clean-cut, high-fashion "girlfriend" could soften his edge just enough.
When Nicole and Eminem are spotted talking at a Manhattan afterparty, their teams seize the moment-and the two agree to fake a relationship. Just for a few months. Just to help each other out.
What starts as staged dates, red carpet hand-holding, and photo ops quickly becomes something much harder to fake. Despite coming from opposite worlds, Nicole and Marshall begin to connect over the things no one else sees-fame's isolating pressure, complicated pasts, and the fear of being known too well.
Nicole forms an easy friendship with D12, earning their respect for being real, while Marshall wins over Nicole's inner circle-her fierce best friend Amber Jones and ride-or-die New Yorker Danika Brooks-who all start to wonder if this "act" is fooling anyone at all.
In a world where everything is curated, posed, and sold to the highest bidder, what happens when the only real thing is the one thing they swore was fake?
A story of loyalty, vulnerability, and unexpected love in the most unexpected spotlight.