<p><strong style="color: rgba(15, 17, 17, 1)"><em>He's an award-winning actor so pulling off this charade should be easy, right? Except he didn't count on his pretend "girl" being... her.</em></strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong style="color: rgba(15, 17, 17, 1)"><em>Arinze Kalu</em></strong></p><p><span style="color: rgba(15, 17, 17, 1)">The continuation of the Kalu name lay on my shoulders.</span></p><p><span style="color: rgba(15, 17, 17, 1)">At least that's what my grandmother claims. And she's on a mission to ensure it won't die there.</span></p><p><span style="color: rgba(15, 17, 17, 1)">I wasn't planning on visiting Nigeria anytime soon, so I'd been doing a pretty good job of tap dancing around her threats to find me a wife.</span></p><p><span style="color: rgba(15, 17, 17, 1)">After a scandal that almost engulfed me at the beginning of my career, I'm determined to take my time choosing a partner.</span></p><p><span style="color: rgba(15, 17, 17, 1)">Between establishing my company, filming, press, and traveling for my new movie, I simply don't have that time.</span></p><p><span style="color: rgba(15, 17, 17, 1)">Now, my sister is getting married, and I'll be face to face with my grandmother. If things had worked out with the caramel goddess I met on New Year's Eve, I probably would've been good. Since it didn't, my cousins suggest I rent a bae.</span></p><p><br></p><p><strong style="color: rgba(15, 17, 17, 1)"><em>Jasmine Bowman</em></strong></p><p><span style="color: rgba(15, 17, 17, 1)">My life is a bad horror film and I'm ready to change the channel.</span></p><p><span style="color: rgba(15, 17, 17, 1)">Between my job where I'm overworked, underpaid, and skipped over for promotion and my tired, played-out situation with my boyfriend, something had to give.</span></p><p><span style="color: rgba(15, 17, 17, 1)">Let's not forget Mr. Butterscotch who I met on New Year's Eve. I could've bet money there was a vibe, but I guess not. I tell myself, I don't need him anyway. I need my mind to get the memo because my more immediate priority is to stop being a disappointment to the Bowman name. I'm getting back into the director's seat of my life. The cost, however, isn't cheap. I need money and my best friend has the craziest idea.</span></p>