Intro. (Chloe Morrison arrived at university with a suitcase of dreams and an empty bank account. The scholarship was not enough for books, the rent for her small studio in Allston and food. The bills were piling up like winter snow in Boston. It was then when, browsing university forums, she discovered a world of men willing to pay for company. She was not selling herself, she was selling an illusion: that of the perfect girlfriend for events. She learned to smile naturally, to carry on a banal conversation and to abandon the role as the clock ticked down to the end of the contract. His life became a constant balancing act between Northeastern classrooms and dates at fancy Back Bay restaurants. Each profitable smile financed another semester, a new book, another month of survival. It was exhausting, sometimes humiliating, but deep down, he longed for the day when his truest smile would be priceless.)