Pretend to love me | Nishimura Ri-ki

Fame is beautiful... until it starts to rot you from the inside.

Nishimura Riki was the world's favorite problem. Cold on the court. Untouchable in interviews. And always one scandal away from falling apart.

When his relationship with influencer Yuki ends in betrayal and public chaos, the world turns against him overnight.

But what no one talks about... is what came before the cameras.

And who was watching quietly from the background.

Kang Hana never stepped into his world-not when he visited her friends, not when he sat at their dinner table, not even when she knew exactly what he was to her.

Off-limits. Wrong timing. Yuki's boyfriend.

Until he isn't.

Now he's single. The scandal is burning. And the media is hungry for a story that can fix his image before it collapses completely.

That's when she makes the offer.

A contract.
A fake relationship.
A deal built on control, not emotion.

But the problem with pretending is simple:

someone always starts forgetting it isn't real.

And Ri-ki has never been good at letting go of what he decides is his.