Pretend Synonym

I flinched as he smashed the glass with his bare hands after my harsh accusations. With bleeding hands and teary eyes, Lewis looked at me. "I love you Victoria!" "God damn it!" "Why are you the only one that can't see it?" Lewis blurted out in anger and sadness. "Would any guy go this far for a girl he just pities?" "Do you think I brought you all the way here if I wasn't in love with you?" "I love you. I need you." "I can't pretend like I don't care about you anymore", Lewis said in between tears. "I hate how you smile around Kaden, I hate to see you blush around other guys." "Just say you'll be mine Vic." "I know you love me too", He said, while walking towards me and cupped my face with his uninjured hand. He was right. I loved him. Ever since I did his tie back then, I started caring for him. I didn't want to admit that I had fallen for the obnoxious jerk I met back then, but here I was, admitting it. I loved Lewis. I really did. "I..I love you Lewis, so much", I said with my voice breaking as I cried.

Marie helps Steven win a massive new business deal by providing a wife of seven weeks for him. However, complexities arise when the truth is seemingly discovered by the Japanese company. Not willing to risk the loss of the account,Steven and Marie pretend to have been the ones originally married, much to the annoyance of Sandra who had secretly begun to fall in love with the billionaire lifestyle of Steven. What began as a simple plan evolves into a high stakes affair where Marie is almost killed, Sandra becomes pregnant for Steven and almost marries him again and Steven almost loses the company to a traitor who's been wrecking him from within. Will Steven ever move past his dispassionate ways and fall in love with Marie? Will Steven find out the big secret that Marie has been hiding from him? What lengths will Sandra go to ensure she wins back Steven’s heart? And will Steven lose all his hard work to an enemy he never saw coming?

I stood up without thinking twice about my next decision and moved further away. "l, Akira Lupin, reject you, Alpha Hunter of the Silver Moon pack," He growled. ****************************** Akira’s life is shattered on her 18th birthday. Her father, Lupin, an Alpha and the leader of a criminal syndicate, is assassinated, and her mother is also killed amidst the chaos in her presence. In the chaos, Akira discovers that Alpha Hunter, the man with haunting red eyes who led the operation, is her destined mate. Hunter is driven by a deep hatred—hatred for the man who murdered his first mate and the atrocities committed by the Older Alphas. Bound by ancient laws that prevent him from rejecting Akira without facing execution, Hunter forces her to pretend they are in love, shielding her from the remaining Older Alpha’s wrath. Will Akira and Hunter overcome their differences? Will their love thrive after Akira finds out about her father's atrocities and illegal businesses?

Ella, a college girl who has recently turned eighteen, has been marooned on an island full of wildlife where werewolves are predominant. Her own friends have betrayed her. Sophia, a rich billionaire's daughter had taken her revenge by abandoning her on the island during the college trip because Jade chose Ella over her. When she is chased by a cobra and lion, a wolf saves her. She is awestruck to see how the wolf shifts into her human form as dawn commences. The werewolf is Mrs. Rolex, Lara’s mother. Ella resembles Lara, and so she mistakes her for her daughter. Alpha Gabriel, the strongest Alpha on the island, asks Ella to lead the army troupe towards the east to fight Alpha Amelia because he too mistakes her for Lara. The battle with Alpha Amelia seems challenging for her, and she fails to take her wolf form in the third round of the battle, thereby getting caught by Alpha Gabriel, who realizes that she is a human as he checks her neck and finds no mark over that. He had marked Lara on her neck, as she was his mate. Alpha Gabriel, who feels that the witch has sent her in Lara’s disguise to mislead him, sends her to prison. Lara is administered aconite by the witch, and so she becomes unconscious. Alpha Gabriel has to take Ella’s help, and he asks her to pretend to be his Luna in front of the Alpha King. During the process, do they start liking each other? Why does she herself approach the witch for getting the scorpion venom to treat Lara even by risking her own life? Discover by reading till the end why she feels connected to the Moon Goddess, Lara, and Mrs. Rolex.

He needs a wife. NOW. With his hockey season on the line, he can’t afford any distractions. And a dating reality show is one huge distraction. But there's a surefire way to get out of this dating show contract. All he has to do now is get married. Even with a reputation like him–the Scottish bad boy of hockey–I'm confident I can find someone to play Mrs. Taylor Savage for a year. Like Becca Barnes. The one who got away. Too bad she hates me. But that's why she’s perfect for this arrangement. When her contract is dissolved. She gets the bakery of her dreams. Win-Win. She just has to live with me and pretend she loves me in public for a year. No strings. No touching (unless there’s a camera). No messy heartbreak. It’s sure to be a challenge because with the way I crave her, keeping my hands to myself might be harder than I intended. But he can handle the matter. Being married to her will be easy. As long as he doesn't fall in love with her along the way.

A can change everything. One with your best friend, and it changes the whole dynamic. What will you do when you get to know that your best friend has been in love with you? What will you do when she doesn't want to be friends anymore and wants more instead? * “Everytime I see you with a guy, my skin burns” Millie hisses, pinning me with an intense look that makes my belly flip. I am pinned to the wall with her caging me. “Do you know how hard it is to pretend that you are only my friend, and nothing more? That I love you but cannot have you?” Her words spin inside my head, and the thundering beating of my heart echoes in my ear. How do we come to this situation? I pant as she leans closer, her eyes averting to my parted lips. I am having thoughts of her. Hell, I see her in my dreams so often now that I am not sure what she means to me now. Millie caresses my cheeks and a shiver runs down my spine. “I can't pretend anymore, Grace. It's getting really hard” she whispers in my ear and I squirm. When she meets my eyes, I say something that surprises her. “Then don't.” I crash my lips on hers, crossing whatever lines we had.

"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.

Breadwinner Eliza has a hidden secret in her family. She doesn't want her to know his secret so she does everything to keep it. From childhood, she impressed them and did not want to disappoint them. Until she looked for a fake boyfriend to introduce to her family. On the other hand, Myco didn't think that the woman he didn't even knew introduced him as his boyfriend. They agreed that the man would pretend and Myco did nothing but obey because he needed a large amount of money for his sick brother.

Jillian had been living and enjoying her life peacefully; doing whatever she wants whenever she wants. She couldn't ask for more. Who wouldn't want a peaceful life? Until one day, she bumped into a seemingly mysterious guy in a gray hoodie who was being chased by some crazy girls and he even had the audacity to kiss her to save himself! She thought he was only a random guy that she won't ever meet again, just like the rest of the people she bumped to on the street, until he came back and offered her something she couldn't refuse in exchange to pretend as his fake girlfriend for the next two months. And in their two-month charade, it wasn't easy. It wasn't all sunshines and rainbows, especially when you're dating a famous idol.

Hayley Marie Basco is an orphan. She is an architect. She already planned her life and her future with someone else, but it all changes when someone kidnapped her. There, she found out about her twin and now she needs to pretend to be her just to save their family while investigating what truly happens to her twin sister. Hiding under her sister’s identity, she married Jin Cavill. At first, their love story is just for convenience but slowly they found themselves falling in love with each other. Although, before they can have their happily ever after, Harriet came back from the dead. What will Hayley do now? Is she going to fight for her love for Jin or will just peacefully go back to her life as Hayley? Will Jin be able to find out the real identity of the woman she married or will he be fooled for the rest of his life?