Riya's family was a battlefield. Her bua (aunt) inspected Kabir like a customs officer. Her chachu (uncle) asked his salary. Her ex-boyfriend, Vikram—the actual heir to a textile fortune—was also a guest. Riya hadn't told Kabir about Vikram.
She posted on a freelance gig site: "Looking for an actor to play boyfriend at a 3-day wedding in Jaipur. Must speak Hindi, smile on cue, and not fall in love. Budget: ₹15,000 + travel."
Riya Sharma was the queen of "jugaad." As a mid-level marketing manager at a Delhi lifestyle brand, she'd faked influencer endorsements, doctored campaign reports, and once convinced a client that a stock photo was their actual product team. So when her mother called with the annual pressure— "Beta, your cousin Priya is getting married. Everyone will ask why you're still single" —Riya did what she did best: she manufactured a solution.
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He grinned. "Does Season 2 have a script?"
Enter Kabir Mehta. A struggling theatre actor who'd just played a tree in a children's play and a corpse in a crime reenactment show. He needed rent money. He replied within ten minutes.
She took the cash. Then she put it in his shirt pocket. "Then consider this a retainer. For Season 2." Riya's family was a battlefield
Later, as the wedding ended, Riya paid Kabir. He counted the cash, then handed half back.
Riya and Kabir are still together. No contracts. No cameras. Their first real fight was about who left the milk out. Their first real kiss happened at a traffic light. And when her mother asks how they met, Riya says, "Online." Which is technically true.
"What's this?" she asked.
"Your fake laugh has a pitch. Your real one—like when you tripped on the carpet earlier—is lower. More honest." He smiled. "You should use it more."
"The reason I need a fake boyfriend," she muttered through a frozen smile.