Almost real love
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MatureOngoing15h 29m
Last published Fri, Sep 12, 2025
Six months. Ten million dollars. One fake engagement between a venomous high-society ice queen... and the stubborn, broke girl caught in her diamond cage.
The deal was simple: wear her ring. smile for the cameras. play the perfect fiancée. survive her world. walk away paid.
But Eloise Laurent doesn't play fair.
And every glance. every fight. every slow, burning touch twists the game into something darker - and far more dangerous - than either of them ever intended.
Because the most dangerous thing to fake... is love.
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