[Dumara Stories] Her agent was desperate. To cure the crippling writer's block of Talia Gregoni, she rented a summer homestay which turned out to be Talia's childhood home, sold years ago to the Peralta family. Now, Talia has to share it with Leonard Peralta, her childhood friend whose career, like hers, is built around the passion of love. But they have opposite approaches to fame: she despises the limelight, while he revels in public adoration. A drunken collision catapulted them into a manufactured romance, after seeing the potential of their clear chemistry with feverish speculation of their history together. Seeing a solution to her deadline woes, Talia agrees to fake-date him, hoping the insane plan will inspire her and allow her to finish her overdue book. That's not a bad idea, right?

As if life wasn't hard enough being bullied and treated like garbage all the time; my loathsome, insufferable seat mate just had to come with his "secrets" and torture my every waking hour. What's the big deal you say? Nothing except for the fact that he's some insanely beautiful Greek God under those nerdy glasses. And now, he lives next door. I'm Sarah and this is my story. Disclaimer: This story was written in 2011. Just so you know.