Play Pretend
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MatureOngoing1h 25m
Last published Wed, Jun 25, 2025
When college junior Riquelle Johnson agrees to play her best friend Dre's fake girlfriend, she thinks it'll be easy. A free trip, a few polite lies, and a quick return to normal; all to help Dre unlock an inheritance from his old-school great aunt.
But between family gatherings, midnight heart-to-hearts, and the slow unraveling of boundaries they thought were solid, pretending gets messy and Ri and Dre find themselves tangled in more than just a lie.
Now Ri has to ask herself: is she still pretending... or falling?
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