PERFECT PRETENCE

When a high‑profile politician dies in the ER, nurse Valentina Sánchez becomes the face of a scandal she never caused. The media wants answers. The hospital wants someone to blame. And the lawyer hired to protect them all seems determined to dismantle her life one question at a time.

Xavier Chevalier is everything Valentina can't stand: cold, controlled, and impossible to read. His job is to review every second of the night she fought to save a dying man. Her job is to survive the investigation without losing her career. They clash instantly, publicly, and with a tension neither of them can ignore.

Then Valentina makes a mistake. Cornered by her family at a Spanish celebration, she lies and says she's seeing someone. When Xavier overhears, he offers to play the part. She refuses-until she realises she has no one else to ask.

Pretending should be simple. Rules are set. Lines are drawn. But a destination wedding, a shared room, and a scandal spiralling out of control blur every boundary they swore to keep. The closer the truth gets, the harder it becomes to tell what's real and what's just for show.

And when new evidence threatens to destroy Valentina's career, Xavier is forced to choose between the job he was hired to do and the woman he never meant to fall for.

In a world where every move is watched and every mistake is magnified, one lie becomes the only thing that feels true.