Almost real love
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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 fiancΓ©e. 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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