Pretending Artinya

Mara never had the slightest idea that her stepmother would agree to marriage in her stead to some unknown young master of Lewis Family overnight. She kept her gangster life a secret from him while pretending to be submissive and obedient. She had a lot of plans ready to make her contracted husband miserable and fed of her while she pretended to be submissive. But love played it's trick, she fell in love with him helplessly and therefore revealed her identity. How will her husband assimilate this revelation? How will her married life go? Will their marriage remain the same after learning of her secret life?

On April Fool’s Day, my CEO husband cut out my heart to save his childhood sweetheart's son. After the surgery, he tossed me into a cold rental apartment, where I died in agony. Three days after my death, my five-year-old daughter played in the room as usual. Walking by the sofa, she wrinkled her little nose and mumbled, "Mommy, there's a weird smell in here." She touched my face and murmured, "Mommy, are you pretending to be Snow White? Why are you so pale?" She shook my arm harder and raised her voice, "Mommy, it's my birthday today—get up and blow out the candles!" Confused, she picked up the phone and called her father. “Daddy, did I make Mommy mad? I lit the candles, but no matter how much I call her, she won’t wake up.” On the other end of the call, Patrick Hart’s voice was cold and impatient. “What could possibly be wrong with her? She’s just pretending to be asleep for sympathy. It’s Johnny’s birthday, I’m busy. Don’t bother me! Tell your melodramatic mother to stop playing her little tricks. I don't have time to humor her." My daughter removed the candle from her bun, pinched off a piece of the bun, and fed it to me. "Mommy, I made a secret wish… I really wish you could hold me again, just like before."

"I Reject You, Selene!" Asher spat, his words echoing through Ravens Pack. Alpha Asher, once arrogant and entitled, had brutally rejected Selene on their mating ceremony ground, leaving her humiliated and heartbroken. Five years later, Asher's determination to win Selene back burns brighter than ever. "I Want You Back, Selene!" he vows. But Selene has transformed into a confident and powerful force, driven by a burning desire for revenge against the man who shattered her life. Pretending to accept Asher's proposal, Selene moves into the Ravens Pack's palace with a secret intention: To End Him And Take Over His Pack.

Isis Lancaster doesn’t take no for an answer. A Spanish Count born into nobility and the ruthless heir to a powerful mafia. He was raised to believe that those without royal blood are beneath him, and that control comes from lies, deception, and a perfect mask. He mastered the art of pretending… until she arrived. Suddenly, the rules no longer applied. The walls around his heart began to crumble. His carefully constructed world, one built on power, fear, and loyalty, turned upside down, and the man who always got what he wanted found himself powerless before the one woman who could break him completely.

Desperate of reimbursement, Raffy immediately took the chance came to her to work abroad. She successfully completed the exact amount she needed to meet her large debt by switching her career. As she return home, with her money and guts, she's ready to face the person whom she really hates. But, will she succeed in her plan of retaliating him? Or. She will fail both in pretending and lying and still end up loving him again for the second time around, albeit the fact that she knows him as a man of three fears? ⚠️ WARNING this story may contains scenes that may not suitable for below 18

My mom, who works as a lawyer, decides to take me to court just because I refuse to donate my platelets to my younger sister, Lindsey Finch. I explained to her that I have a blood clotting disorder, and having an extremely low platelet count would put my life at risk. But she screamed at me through tears: “Can’t you just stop pretending? Do you really have to let your sister die? How could I have raised such an ungrateful wretch?” I lost the case, and my platelets were forcibly taken. I suffered a massive hemorrhage and died a miserable death alone in a deserted corner.

Autumn Saunders will receive their company. But when her parents decided to arrange a marriage for her, she ran away, leaving the obligation to her sister who was pretending to be her. On the other side, Jaxon Parker is a young businessman who has two children. He's the one who will soon be the husband of Autumn only if she didn't run away. They're not still meeting yet, but Autumn's parents decided to continue the wedding and pretended that her twin is her. But what if Autumn Saunders lost her memory and ended up being the caretaker of Jaxon's twins? Will they end up falling in love with each other, or will Autumn continue to seek her lost memories?

Thiago DiLaurentiis always has his eyes for Adriana Litmann, the only daughter and heiress of the Litmann's— Thiago DiLaurentiis' number one foe in business. Thiago firmly believes that Adriana is his, and he has to have her. But, being in love with the daughter of his enemy isn't easy as he needs to be contented by admiring her from afar. Knowing the Litmann's, they wouldn't let Thiago lay a hand even on Adriana's hair. And so, the moment Thiago knew about Adriana moving to another country to study in a prestigious business school, he followed her. Thiago did everything to be closed to Adriana, even if it meant pretending to be her professor.

Ethan Cole is a billionaire tech heir who needs a relationship as soon as possible. Not for love, but to secure a powerful merger and win control of his family's empire. Desperate, he turns to the most unexpected person: Jamie Rivera, his charming, openly gay best friend with dreams of owning an art gallery. What begins as a harmless fake romance soon turns into real emotions, with stolen glances, strange desires and forbidden kisses. But with jealous exes, ruthless family rivals, and the media watching their every move, pretending to be in love might destroy everything, unless they’re brave enough to make it real. A swoon-worthy, slow-burn romance where fake love turns dangerously real and one kiss was all it took.

Justin Yuri De Luca, a Half Italian and Half Filipino Cold-blooded Mafia King. Brutal and Powerful! He will pretend to be a weak, vain, and innocent errand boy for the Notorious Mafia Queen Angela Winona Celeste. A face of an Angel that got the moves of the Devil. Pretending to be a low-key person infiltrating the opponent's territory. His biggest mission is to kill the last successor of their Family's mortal enemy that dominate the Mafia World. Along with the so-called mission. He didn't think that his cold-blooded heart will melt and become warm. What will he gonna choose? His mission or his heart? Can he kill the Mafia Queen or He's going to die because of her? Find out!