The Right Move

Sean

She is nothing more than a diversion.

The last thing I needed this year as the newest Captain of the NBA club in Chicago—the Devils—was for my sister's closest friend, Indy Ivers, to move into my apartment. She is clumsy, sensitive, and very alluring.

However, I can't think of a better method to persuade the team's General Manager—who openly expresses his displeasure of my elevation to Captain—than to pretend that I'm in a relationship with my extroverted roommate. He calls me an unapproachable lone wolf with no work-life balance.

The only issue? It feels way too natural to fake it.

It wasn't meant to be messy to have a false girlfriend, but it becomes tricky when Indy moves in with me and shares my bed, particularly when she demands all the romantic aspects of life that I can't provide.

IDY

I never thought I would be living with NBA player Ryan Shay, the brother of my closest friend. More unbelievable still? He requires me to play the role of his devoted girlfriend, who has transformed him into a personable and amiable man overnight.

Since, well, he's not. He is possessive of his own space and mistrustful of others.

However, our partnership isn't one-sided. My former boyfriend and all of my childhood pals will be present at my upcoming wedding, and there isn't a finer date than my ex-boyfriend who is a famous person.

It's almost hard to tell the genuine from the phony when there are blurry lines. It was never my intention to fall in love with my roommate, particularly because Ryan is always the first to tell me that he doesn't think that love exists.

I'm a romantic and can't help but hope that he'll change, but eventually I start to wonder whether living under the same roof as my best friend's brother was the correct decision.