The Placebo Love Effect

<p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(11 83 148 1)>MILEY</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(11 83 148 1)>My life is hectic juggling a demanding anesthesia residency helping at my parents' bubble tea shop and fulfilling maid of honor duties at my sister's upcoming wedding keep me endlessly busy. Amidst the whirlwind that is my life I've been looking forward to the annual Planned Parenthood gala. It's a chance to dress up and let loose with my best friend Dylan while supporting a worthy cause. But when Dylan isn't able to attend leaving me with an extra ticket I'm left dateless. Her suggestion? Take a guy I barely know as her replacement. One I swear I could never be more than friends with... or so I thought.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(11 83 148 1)>ROHIT</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(11 83 148 1)>Balancing two full time jobs as an ICU nurse and kids' tennis coach doesn't leave a lot of time for romance. Good thing I'm not looking. But when a one-time-only gala date snowballs into a fake relationship I'm thrown by how nice it feels. Maybe too nice. As the lines blur between friendship and wanting to be more taking a leap away from the </span><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(11 83 148 1)>pretend </em><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(11 83 148 1)>proves to be more challenging than I ever imagined.</span></p>