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Where to watch The Pretend Love
Stream The Pretend Love free to start: the first 7 episodes are free on ShortMax, then episodes unlock with coins.
About The Pretend Love
The Pretend Love is a vertical micro-drama available on ShortMax only. After three years using a cold CEO lookalike of her dead lover as a stand-in, a neglected wife decides to give him 30 final days before seeking a divorce and reclaiming her career. The series runs to 77 episodes. The first 7 episodes are free on ShortMax. Its genres are Romance, Billionaire & CEO, Family and Drama. Arranged marriage, cold CEO and contract marriage are among its 7 tagged tropes. It is set in Jiangcheng, in a contemporary setting. ShortMax showed 258K views on Nov 1, 2026.
- Episodes
- 77
Genre and tropes
Performance
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The story
After three years using a cold CEO lookalike of her dead lover as a stand-in, a neglected wife decides to give him 30 final days before seeking a divorce and reclaiming her career.
A woman is taunted by a romantic rival to watch her own husband put on an extravagant public confession for another woman.
Walking away cleanly from an unappreciative husband, leaving him utterly regretful once she reclaims her independent success.
- Setting
- Jiangcheng · corporate elite · contemporary
- Lead
- humiliated wife, trapped in a loveless marriage mourning her deceased love
- Antagonist
- arrogant heiress (rival)
- Hook
- humiliation
- Tone
- melodramatic, tense
- Audience
- female gaze, adult
- Language
- Mandarin
- Content
- bullying humiliation
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- What is The Pretend Love about?
- After three years using a cold CEO lookalike of her dead lover as a stand-in, a neglected wife decides to give him 30 final days before seeking a divorce and reclaiming her career. It is set in Jiangcheng.
- How many episodes does The Pretend Love have?
- The Pretend Love has 77 episodes.
- Which app has The Pretend Love?
- It is available on ShortMax only.
- Is The Pretend Love free to watch?
- The first 7 episodes are free on ShortMax; the rest unlock with coins.
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