{"product_id":"penelope-ward-not-pretending-anymore-9781951045999","title":"Not Pretending Anymore","description":"Finding a good roommate through a classified ad isn't as easy as it sounds.\n\u003cbr\u003e\nI was starting to lose hope.\n\u003cbr\u003e\nUntil a knock at my door came and God answered my prayers.\n\u003cbr\u003e\nExcept...uh...wrong prayer, God.\n\u003cbr\u003e\nI'd definitely requested the big guy find me a drop-dead gorgeous man on more than one occasion...just not as my roommate.\n\u003cbr\u003e\nDeclan Tate talked me into interviewing him anyway.\n\u003cbr\u003e\nWhile he was amusing and charismatic, I wouldn't have been comfortable living with a man, so I regretfully declined.\n\u003cbr\u003e\nThen cupcakes showed up at my door-freshly baked by Declan and just as sinfully delicious as he was.\n\u003cbr\u003e\nYou could say he was persistent.\n\u003cbr\u003e\nI eventually folded. It wasn't like I had another viable candidate anyway.\n\u003cbr\u003e\nPlus, I was interested in someone else. And Declan was into another woman. So it wasn't like anything would happen romantically.\n\u003cbr\u003e\nAfter he moved in, the two of us became the best of friends. We even started to give each other advice on getting our crushes to notice us.\n\u003cbr\u003e\nEventually, Declan concocted an idea: we should pretend to be a couple to make our love interests jealous.\n\u003cbr\u003e\nI was hesitant, but went along with it anyway. To my utter shock, his crazy plan worked.\n\u003cbr\u003e\nNow I was dating the supposed man of my dreams, and my best friend had the woman of his.\n\u003cbr\u003e\nBut there was one problem.\n\u003cbr\u003e\nI couldn't stop thinking about Declan.\n\u003cbr\u003e\nThose feelings we were trying to fake?\n\u003cbr\u003e\nYeah...I wasn't pretending anymore.","brand":"C. Scott Publishing Corp.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53660703785302,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0925\/5829\/5382\/files\/product_image_9781951045999_1_c0bda691-3057-4a17-b9a8-126e9ac5b586.jpg?v=1778772324","url":"https:\/\/www.momoxbooks.com\/products\/penelope-ward-not-pretending-anymore-9781951045999","provider":"momoxbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}