Pretend Synonym

"What? A potential wife from the village?" "Definitely rustic and not stylish." Those were the words of Dante Julian Vascos when his grandmother was about to match him with a girl who was not from the city where he lived and was not on the same level as him. As if swallowing his own words, as if being hit by karma for his remarks, Dante, in his seclusion, met a girl he had never imagined. "Let's pretend to get married, so that your siblings won't act as they please anymore," Dante suggested. Keep reading and supporting my work with constructive comments. Thank you, and happy reading.

No touching. No questions. No falling in love. That was the contract to marry the cold, unreachable billionaire heir and pretend I don’t exist. I needed the money, so I signed. But nothing could have prepared me for the truth. He was someone I used to know He’s my long-lost brother! He doesn’t remember me. And he’s everything the rumors warned me about: ruthless, distant, and untouchable. I should run. But how do you walk away from the only family you've ever loved… even when he no longer loves you back?

"So you only need a child from me?" My voice was impressively strong despite the pain I felt within. "No, Ella. I only need you to pretend to be my Luna, till my lover wakes up." "If I accept to do this, what do I stand to gain?" "You will be treated with utmost respect as the Luna and you will have access to everything you want," Ryker said and my already shattered heart froze. "This contract will be terminated immediately upon pregnancy and no money would be paid to you." ****** Ella Rose is an orphan who is constantly being maltreated by her stepmother and step sister. Everyone in the village considers her a plague and badluck. Without a mate and a good job, Ella becomes an object of ridicule. But everything changes when she runs into rogues in the forest. In an attempt to save herself, fate sends her falling into the hands of her mate. Things finally seem to turn around for the better when the mate in question turns out to be the feared and ruthless Alpha Ryker of the Black Fur Pack. He buys her from her wicked step family and Ella is floating with excitement until he tells her everything was a sham and he only got her to be his contract bride in a condition that she never gets pregnant. This seems like a simple rule despite the pain in her heart. She accepts to be is pretend Luna but what happens when she breaks the very clause she was supposed to keep? In this tale of romance and heartache, follow Ella as she surfs through a complicated life with a mate who already loves another and a pregnancy he is not supposed to know about...

When Aria Spencer wakes up in a room with an attractive stranger-Robert Lincoln-the morning after her college graduation, with a wedding band and a marriage certificate, her life takes a new turn. And worst, she cannot remember the details of what led to the one-night-stand, and then she decides to pretend like it never happened. After a series of hassles, she meets Robert again, and then he offers her a contract: a job in exchange for keeping their accidental marriage a secret. How hard could it be? Will it be nothing more than an agreement? What if a secret baby comes into the mix? Throw love and heartbreaks into the mix, will it break them or mend them?

This is a BadBoy Billionaire series novel. Book 1: This story is about a two characters in a contract marriage... A simple girl from a humble background! A bad boy billionaire with a scandalized réputation ! They come together to play the 'It' couple but it's all just pretend, smoke and mirrors... Zeke hates the word love, thinks it's naive and deadly. While Blair thinks love is everything in the world, now she's supposed to pretend not to be in love with the man she's actually in love with? Book 2- The Greek’s Marriage Proposal. Blurb She was never his! She was his late brother's fiancee, But he had always desired and lusted after her from the day she was introduced, he has no idea why those green eyes sets ablaze a forbidden fire in him! He wonders if she felt the same way too! And now that one forbidden night between them seems to be the start of a road trip to consequences and guilt! Zion Zephyr Vasilakis is the eldest son of the Vasilakis wealth not the favorite of course! That title belongs to his twin brother Hermes Vasilakis! His parents favourite, the son they doted on the one they made him be responsible for! Hermes is like a bird while Zion was raised to be the fence around the building Hermes shouldn't fly out of. Now his brother’s fiancée is pregnant for him and that might just be the most ludicrous thing that might just happen to him! Now they are stuck together with a binding marriage proposal, Hermes parents believe the child belongs to their dear son! Could they risk the truth from coming out? Can they handle the backlash! The shock? Or the scandal!

“I hate you. I’ve always hated you.” He gruffed in annoyance and I snorted while folding my arms. “Best believe the feeling is fucking mutual.” “Care to explain why you’re always giving me the ‘look’ then?” He demanded, a smirk tugging at the sides of his lips. “What stupid look?” “Like you want me to fuck you.” ~~~ It was a hate-at-first-sight thing. Ava and Mason got off an extremely wrong foot and hoped to never cross parts again. Neither of them expected that the next time they’d be seeing each other again, is to be officially introduced to one another as step siblings. Things didn’t get better from there, it got worse. Especially now that they had to live in the same house. Things drastically take a left turn when their parents plans a ‘first family’s vacation’, but were unable to make an appearance as scheduled because of some last minute changes, leaving Ava and Mason by themselves, all alone on an island. For three weeks. Ava passionately hated Mason, until she didn't. Till she couldn’t pretend to not notice how insanely good looking he was… till she couldn’t pretend to be immune to Mason’s intense gaze and lingering touches… Till she couldn’t deny that she wanted Mason to play her curvy body like she was his favorite guitar… Till she couldn’t deny that she had gone ahead and fallen head over heels, for Mason.

Are you fascinated about love? Asking questions how it works? And who most likely to fall first? North or Boreas is a BS Psychology student who pretend to be a Nursing student. Well he has a reason why he pretend. He has a summer research and he thought of an extraordinary experiment that no one will think of.He thought of this experiment because of an Article that he saw on internet That's how Penelope Astraea Alcantara Esperanza enters. The girl she messed off. Will he succeed to get the result that he want? Or it will finis everything between him and Astraea? "You lit me up but you also killed the fire"

Dylan Gold was only six years old when her mother died. Soon after, her father remarried a woman that despised her. At school, her step-siblings pretend not to know her. With her father constantly away for work, Dylan is left alone with people that don't like or care about her. Having no friends or real family around her, Dylan spends majority of her time reading and working at the local diner. Her life is completely turned around when transfer student and alleged 'bad boy' Callum Gage blows into town. Taken by her captivating beauty and timid nature, Callum is determined to know her.

Repeatedly oppressed, trod upon, and killed. Claude felt like same about his wife's relatives. They even humiliated him. But then it never ended, Claude learned of his mother-in-law's plans of having him killed. She wants him dead. Claude came up with a plan. With the aid of his friend, he will pretend to be dead in order to exact the retribution he desires. He carried out the plan on the day of Claude's parent-in-law's anniversary. That very same day, he died. Will Claude exact the retribution he desires? Or... He will only end up letting the people oppressed him get away with their sin?

"I made my decision. So from now on, we pretend like the other night never happened." After spending one steamy night with her stepbrother, Meghan made a sudden decision to move far away from him. To Meghan, sleeping with Adrian was a mistake like taking a bite of a forbidden fruit but Adrian felt different. But now, as Meghan decides to come back and rekindle their relationship, she realizes that Adrian has changed for the worse. He becomes her constant tormentor, as though he spends every night thinking of ways to emotionally torture her. What will happen when Meghan begins to fall for her heartless stepbrother?