“Now she had to pretend not to love the man she was pretending to love while pretending she wasn't sleeping with him.”
“Even when she was pretending she wasn’t hurt, she never pretended not tomiss him.”
“And while she pretended he was someone else, he would pretend she had no reason to imagine he was anyone other than who he was.”
“Blue tried not to look at Gansey's boat shoes; she felt better about him as a person if she pretended he wasn't wearing them.”
“You’re not the boss of me,” she told him breathlessly. His chuckle sounded strangled. “Pretend I am for a while.”
“CP,' she hissed, more urgently now. 'We're only pretending for goodness sake. Just pretend I'm Jakey G and you're Heath Ledger. Go for it!”