PLAY ALONG WITH ME

Jennie Kim never believed in fairy tales.

Not in destiny.
Not in soulmates.
Certainly not in miracles.

But tonight, in the middle of a crowded hotel restaurant glowing gold under crystal chandeliers, she needed one badly enough to steal it from a stranger's table.

Because across the room sat her ex, her investors, and the family currently trying to destroy her reputation.

And Jennie -
for the first time in years -
had arrived alone.

Then she saw her.

Laughing too loudly.
Stealing fries off someone else's plate.
Pretty in the kind of effortless way that made expensive people nervous.

The girl looked up at the exact wrong moment.

Their eyes met.

Jennie stood before she could think herself out of it.

"Hi," she said smoothly, already pulling out the empty chair beside the stranger. "I need you to pretend to be in love with me for the next thirty minutes."

The girl blinked once.

Then grinned.

"Oh," she said. "This sounds fun."

Jennie should've walked away right there.

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