Pretend Stories

Clara Morel arrives at a Riviera resort having crossed borders, and reason itself, only to discover that the wedding she meant to prevent has already been conducted with admirable efficiency. What remains is an empty hotel, an inconvenient surplus of champagne, and a gentleman who appears both willing and unwise enough to indulge her continued presence. Faced with the choice between abandoning a plan that has governed her for a year or pursuing it under increasingly improper circumstances, Clara must consider whether perseverance is a virtue when it arrives after the ceremony.

Kiana Luz Dela Cruz, sister to Ethan Kyle Villareal's best friend, finds herself in an unexpected predicament. Ethan, desperate to avoid an arranged marriage to a business partners daughter, convinces Kiana to pretend to be his girlfriend. What starts as an awkward, fake romance to appease his parents soon blurs the lines, forcing them to confront unexpected feelings amidst the charade.

Sohn Hyunwoo is the CEO of the most famous fashion Magazine in Korea. He was deemed to be one of the most handsome and richest bachelor in Seoul. He is also being pressured by his Mother and grandfather to get a girlfriend. They wanted him to get married and start a family. His mother would ask him all sorts of questions while his grandfather who is obsessed about having great grandchildren tries to set him up with girls.But he refused and ignore them all the time. He's a workaholic and have other priorities in life. The hours of the day is not enough for him to cut it and spend it for dating. He just doesn't have time for relationships, and he also didn't really care much about it. Yoo Kihyun is a simple young man with a dream of being a photographer. He's living a busy life with different kinds of work to provide himself. He is an orphan who had always been alone, depending on no one but himself. But one day he was fired from his work and to make it even worse he was kicked out of his small apartment for not being able to pay rent. He had no where to go for he has no friends and he had no money to spend. He was walking in the streets on a rainy night when a 'blessing' almost hit him with a car. Son Hyunwoo, continuously bothered and rich Yoo Kihyun, hopelessly homeless and unemployed. They're seem to be a perfect match don't you think?

Rio Escurra has always known how to survive. After the loss of her father and her mother falling ill, she became the anchor of her family. So when she's offered a generous sum to pretend to be her estranged childhood friend, for the sake of a dying man's last wish, Rio says yes. Pero hindi niya inakala that what was supposed to be just a summer pretension, will get her life tangled with Sian Gallego-Castañeda, the golden boy. The heir. The grandson. Torn between the comfort Sian offers, and the lie she's built her life around. Rio found herself falling; for a life that isn't hers, and a boy who no longer believes in second chances. noviscuit ©2025 ____ Written in Filipino and with love.

🥇 #Rugby (2026/02/05) To avoid meeting up with a boy who has a crush on Grace, who she has been talking to for 4 years, her friends advise her to get a fake boyfriend. Even though Grace has no experience and no other choice than to tell the truth, she asks him. Nathan Anderson, a great player on the school rugby team, is open to it. He takes this fake relationship too seriously. Slowly, he starts breaking all the rules she made. He looks more and more a gentle man, than Grace think he is. No kissing is the main rule, but will Nathan stick to it? Will their relationship look real?

Nothing had happened between us. That was the problem. Because when he returned Everything I never had came back with him.

they both were acting...or so they thought.

[Author Series #2) Miss Catpen, a pseudonym of a famous author, retells her struggles and inspirations in reaching her dreams as a writer. Original plot written: 07.03.23 New plot written: 09.21.24 - 10.31.24 Date published: 10.20.24 - 11.17.24

Adrian Salazar has always lived under careful control in the way people see him. Being a varsity swimmer in a university where everyone talks means attention is unavoidable, but lately that attention has become something harder to shake. When one impulsive decision leads him to claim that the quiet, misunderstood Mateo Castillo is his boyfriend, what was meant to be a quick solution turns into a public rumor neither of them expected to maintain. Mateo has his own reputation to protect, and Adrian has his image to uphold. What starts as a simple lie to push someone away quickly turns into a fake relationship the entire university believes. Stolen glances become convincing touches. Casual lies turn into daily routines. And the more they pretend, the harder it becomes to ignore the way their hearts react when the acting stops. When the whole campus is watching and the line between fake and real starts to blur, will they be able to walk away when this was never supposed to be real in the first place?

It all began with an incident-one moment that would turn Aia Saoirche L. Suarez's life upside down. Friendly, independent, and determined to live on her own terms, Aia is a nursing student who refuses to be controlled by her clan's suffocating traditions. Forced marriages, family expectations, endless rules-she thought she could avoid it all. Then came Bryce Arius V. Cullen. Student council president, brilliant, effortlessly charming, widely admired, and undeniably magnetic-the kind of man who turns heads wherever he goes, yet hides depths no one ever sees. What starts as a contractual arrangement between them quickly becomes far more complicated than either expected. Rules are broken, boundaries are tested, and the careful walls Aia built around her heart begin to crack. As secrets unravel and desires ignite, Aia and Bryce must navigate a dangerous path between duty, attraction, and trust. One incident may have brought them together, but will it be enough to keep them from falling apart-or from falling for each other in ways neither could have anticipated? Started: January 20, 2026 Ended: [On-Going]

What would you do if you found out nothing in your life is as it seems? Grace never expected to be attacked after a night out, let alone wake up in a stranger's house the morning after. But that's only the beginning. When she discovers her family has been receiving threatening letters from an anonymous writer, Grace realizes the safety her wealthy life once provided is completely gone. As more secrets begin to surface, she starts questioning everything and everyone she thought she knew, deciding to take matters into her own hands. A decision made to save her father, her only family. A decision that will bring her closer to danger, but one she won't walk away from. Even if it means risking her life. The stakes have never been higher: is Grace ready to face what's coming?

JICONEEL WITCHER, a typical guy with a broken past, lives on the edge and is ready to forget everything. He has already made peace with the idea that happiness was never meant for him. But everything messes up entirely when he learns the reason behind his brokenness. Confusion consumes him, and in facing unwanted obstacles, he slowly begins to lose himself in the process. DIANNE KRISTEE SALUBRE, an innocent victim of a broken man from the past. She learned her lesson the hard way, and it was never easy for her to regain herself. She struggled to put together the scattered pieces of who she once was. And when she finally came to her senses and decided to live her life the way it should be, another trial came. For the second time around, it shook her deeply, leaving her torn between two difficult choices she must reconsider.

Isang babaeng lumaki nang hindi alam ang kanyang tunay na pagkatao ang biglang masasabak sa mundo ng mahika, panganib, at kapalaran. Sa paghahanap ng katotohanan, unti-unti niyang natutuklasan ang mga lihim ng nakaraan-ang mga taong nagtago ng kanyang pinagmulan at ang mga puwersang gustong pigilan siyang malaman ang totoo. Habang dumarami ang tukso at laban, kailangan niyang pumili kung tatanggapin ba niya ang pagiging tagapagmana ng trono o itatakwil ang kapalarang nakalaan sa kanya.

Xander Thorne. ​Xander was the sun-blinding, distant, and capable of burning anything that got too close. For three years, they had been the two pillars of the Economics department. He was the natural genius; Whereas Sia was the relentless worker. And for the first time, in their senior year, she was beating him. Her GPA was 0.1 higher. Sia dreamed of someone noticing the small things-like the way she dog-eared her favorite pages or how she liked her tea with a dash too much honey ,but in reality, she kept her heart under a heavy lock. To fall in love was to give someone a map of how to break you,. But he found this only way to get his 1st position

Growing up in a big family led Pauliana Chanel y Perez to be guarded by her two annoying and strict brothers. This led to her being single for her whole sixteen years of existence. She doesn't want that... she wants to be in a relationship too! Katulad ng kaibigan niyang si Yvo na paiba iba ang lalake tuwing linggo. As the popular girl on campus, Pauliana doesn't want to be excluded from boy talk within her group. Ayaw niyang matawag na NBSB at virgin. It's humiliating on her part. There were also talks about someone claiming her to be their girlfriend, so she must prove the rumors wrong. She must declare to her friends that she, in fact, has a boyfriend and she isn't as innocent as they all thought she was... What better plan does she have other than to find someone to pretend as her boyfriend? Handsome, tall, smart, rich... he must be everybody's dream guy. Iyong lalake na pagkakaguluhan ng lahat, mababaliw dahil sakanya siya, at lalong dapat ay magugustuhan ng mga kapatid niya. If they see that she has great taste in men and chose the right person to be her partner, they would get off her back. It's that simple. But wait.. who would be the best candidate to be her fake boyfriend, other than the school's top 1, Tristan Ezra Gochangco? The chinito and supladong apo ng chairman ng school. Who else can it be other than him? miss popular x mr. achiever

"Kiss me" Emilio says and I feel the anger rise inside. Even though I've been wanting to hear him say that all day, hell, all week acctually, it just makes me sad now. He only wants to do it because there are photagraphers here. I know I shouldn't but I slap him. My lip trembles and I feel my eyes tear up. "I love you" I whisper so that no one can hear what I'm saying, so that they will think I said the oposite. "What?" he asks surprised and confused. "I've fallen in love with you" I hiss with a hushed voice and then bolt out of the big hall. Everyone watching us must think they've just witnessed a lover's quarrel but truth is... We were never lovers.

Antagonists are fated to lose in the hands of the protagonist no matter what was done. Or at least that was the case until an antagonist regressed 10 years before his death after The Hero slayed him. Now, with the second chance given to the antagonist, he defies destiny itself as he plots the fall of the protagonist. "Now then...how shall I take my revenge?" (This novel is a revised version of The Antagonist's Revenge. The plot in this story will have a similar lineout but with a more sophisticated and satisfying story. There will be extra characters and new plots with a twist in this version)

Anna Greene is a twenty-five-year-old heiress to her family's fortunes. She is extremely beautiful as she turns everyone's heads wherever she is. Guys want her as their girlfriend or their wife and ladies want to be her friend. She's everything everyone wants in their lives.

Ten years ago, Siddarth had to leave his hometown, pack his entire life in a suit case and move to a new city along with his mother. All his friends and family back in Delhi, the new city had nothing to offer him. A new language. New people. And new school. And then, he met her. ---- Seven years ago on a forsaken night, Avani had cut all her ties with Siddarth. Two years. That was all the time they spent together. Except his absence left a gaping hole in her life. She tried to move on, she did. Now, when she sees a invitation for a reunion-nothing but a huge nightmare. She says herself it's just a trip. It's just a trip. ------ She's back. And he wants nothing to do with her. Nothing. -----

Cara snow is hired by the knox's to make their first son fall in love with her and for her to be in a relationship with the billionare superstar play boy. Angel Knox a famous billioniare celebrity who falls head over heels for the little business woman doesn't know she was hired to love him. Will angel find out. What happens when he finds out. ～～～～ ''Are you crazy Angel,let me go'' Cara yells glaring at the gorgeous man in front of her. Angel stares at her with the same madness and love as he always has, she did not even know how he was on the verge of going mad when she left him. ''I am Crazy Cara,I love you and you know it''Angel says and moves his hand to touch her only for Cara to smack it away. ''I already told you I don't,this was all a deal a deal for me.I was Hired to make you fall for me and to also show you love that was all''Cara says pushing back all her emotions as she glares at him. Angel appears to be broken by her words but he still looks at her with the same love and posessiveness. ''I don't care,I'll pay you,continue acting if you must but I cannot live without you baby and I know you know I love you so accet it or stay locked up with me forever'' Angel says and her face twists at his words. ～～～～～～～ ''What's your name''Cara asks him with a smile. She already does know his name but she knows she has to act oblivious. ''Angel''Angel replies with a dimpled smile. ''Who names their son Angel'' Cara asks with a frown. She had expected him to be offended but he just throws his head back in laughter.