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Pretend Love, Real Addiction Full Episode
001
In one scene the Lynch parents tell their adopted daughter, Mrs. Lawson, she's not their child: Sharon Lynch has returned and they demand she divorce Charles within a month. They offer $10 million now and another $10 million if she behaves, and threaten reprisals. She's publicly humiliated as Sharon is roughly confronted by guards. Realizing her marriage was a family arrangement, she accepts the timed divorce and vows to endure the month's performance. Mr. Lawson returns in three hours; she must prepare his favorite soup before he lands.
002
Willa storms through her household demanding meat and refusing to cook for her husband, snapping, "We're getting divorced anyway." Staff gossip about her changed behavior. When Mr. Lawson returns he is told she is drunk; servants report she devoured three lobsters, two steaks, a king crab and broke into the wine cellar. Confronted, Willa lashes out that everyone bullies her and, slurring, flirts at him. The household moves to sober her and calls a doctor. As the doctor is summoned, Mr. Lawson is left facing her public, drunken declaration of divorce.
003
After Mrs. Lawson blurts "We're getting divorced" and admits, "Why did I sleep with him?", the household wakes to her unusual behavior. Staff whisper that the usually dignified Mrs. Lawson is dressed differently and serving Mr. Lawson breakfast before his meeting. She worries whether she should apologize and daydreams about a seaside villa or mountain treehouse. Mr. Lawson asks why she drank last night and "Who upset you?" The episode ends with her composure cracking in front of staff and that direct question, leaving her next admission—and the marriage's fate—unresolved.
004
At breakfast a woman is berated—"Sharon just got back"—and told she'll be taught manners; the house shows a three-year marriage where she still can’t win Charles's favor. After she drinks low-alcohol wine she learns it cost over $1 million and Charles will deduct it from her allowance. Upset, she decides to finally use the card he gave her and goes shopping. Mrs. Lawson's routine breaks and a staffer is ordered to check what happened at the Lynch family after Willa left. At a boutique for star Tina Tucker, an ice-cream spill soils a gown, jeopardizing the fitting.
005
As Ms. Tucker prepares for her awards ceremony, her borrowed designer gown is splashed when a group bumps into her. Ms. Tucker lashes out, insults and threatens the people she calls 'fans' for ruining her dress and risking the ceremony. A woman in the group offers an identical gown from home as a replacement, prompting others to accuse the borrower of wearing a fake Lawson Group piece. Tempers flare; Ms. Tucker refuses to engage and bystanders block the group's exit, insisting on an apology. The confrontation freezes as someone calls, 'Willa?' leaving the group's fate unresolved.
006
At a pre-ceremony fitting, Ms. Tucker's couture gown is smeared with ice cream by a fan, ruining her outfit for the ceremony. Staff demand an apology and accuse the fan of using the incident to get close. The fan insists she has an identical dress, but staff find a name embroidered on its lining and say it can't be given. Meanwhile Mrs. Lawson, dressed like a student, is spotted by Mr. Lawson and panics that her perfect-wife image is ruined. With the original gown unusable and the lookalike unavailable, the ceremony looms and everyone must scramble.
007
At a mall event Mr. Lawson's young wife, introduced as the Lynch heiress, is publicly singled out after a confrontation with a top-tier actress who boasts she'll make Mr. Lawson fall for her. Staff beg forgiveness and worry about award-night fallout. Enraged, Mr. Lawson cancels the actress's Lawson Group contract and fires her, costing her the sponsorship and the award. The actress scrambles, calling for paparazzi to salvage her image. Mrs. Lawson is humiliated and fears the scandal will be used against her in their pending divorce, and a staged media trap is now imminent.
008
Mr. Lawson notices his wife is withdrawn, insists he can handle any trouble and gives her his private number, then urges her to get back to work. At the office the investigation into the Lynch family stalls, but colleagues reveal that Mrs. Lawson was punished, kneeling and sometimes beaten by Mr. and Mrs. Lynch before marriage. Staff confront Mr. Lawson for not reading the arranged-marriage report and order a deeper probe. The key turn: they instruct an urgent investigation and arrange a meeting with Thomas Lynch. The episode closes with Mr. Lawson stopped mid-step as the meeting is set.
009
At the Lawson home Mr. Lawson says he regrets disrespecting Mrs. Lawson and asks to apologize, but she refuses. A staff member, Tina, slips in front of him and apologizes; afterward she and another person plot to pose as his public 'couple' so he'll fall for her. Tina boasts she'll claim designer belongings in a divorce and even 'take you with me.' Back at work colleagues reveal Lawson Group canceled Tina's contract and she withdrew from an awards show to avoid suspicion, as she appears to step back to marry Charles. The episode ends with a panicked call: 'Get back home now!'
010
At a public ceremony Mr. Lawson is about to speak when staff announce Mrs. Lawson must return to the Lynch manor. Back at the manor she is met by her father and relatives who hurl insults and accuse her of failing to secure Charles, saying Sharon is "meant to be Mrs. Lawson." They strip her of dignity, declare she was only a stand-in "to warm Charles's bed," and order violence. Thomas is commanded to "beat her hard." The episode ends with Thomas stumbling over the order—"What did you say?"—leaving her fate hanging.