Pretended Stories

CEO Series 1 Cassiane Estelle Sy is a best-selling author who writes tragic endings because she stopped believing in love. Struggling with severe writer's block, drowning in debt, and desperate to provide for her pets, she has run out of options. Her estranged family suddenly returns with an offer: marry Azrael Xavier Xie, the cold and powerful heir of Xinghen Group. The irony? This is the man her sister has always dreamed of. Money is more important than pride. She agrees. To the world, he is Xavier-charming and wealthy. But behind closed doors, he is Azrael-a man broken by trauma who never learned what love means. To him, love is possession. Care is control. She enters the marriage as the self-proclaimed "President of Man Haters," annoyed by his arrogance and planning his death in her mind. But the more he tries to cage her, the more she realizes he isn't just a monster-he is just empty. Two broken souls. One who writes sad endings. One who lives in darkness. The stars aligned to bring them together. But can they heal each other? Or is this just another tragedy?

It all started with a single wish that had to be fulfilled. With no room to refuse and for once choosing not to be hardheaded. She honored her grandfather's wish. Flare x Vynex

Annika Ashford has spent her whole life being stared at-judged for something beyond her control. Born with a condition that causes constant, involuntary movements, she has always felt like an outsider. Bullied, misunderstood, and seen as "weird," she has learned to navigate a world that often fails to understand people like her. But Annika refuses to be defined by the whispers and the stares. Despite the struggles, she pushes herself to excel in high school, determined to prove that she is more than her condition. She studies harder, works smarter, and fights against every limitation placed upon her. Yet, behind the achievements and the forced smiles, she carries a burden no one truly sees-the exhaustion of always pretending to be okay. Through Annika's story, Pretending to Be Okay sheds light on the unseen battles of living with a disability. It explores the raw emotions, the silent thoughts, and the unspoken pain of wanting to be treated like everyone else. It is a journey of resilience, identity, and self-acceptance-of learning that strength isn't about hiding your struggles but embracing them. Will Annika continue pretending, or will she finally find the courage to live without apologies? Themes Life struggles as a person with a disability (PWD) The reality of being bullied and judged The pressure to always appear strong The journey of self-acceptance The unseen battles of those who are "different" A deeply personal and emotional story, Pretending to Be Okay is not just Annika's story-it's the story of anyone who has ever felt like they didn't belong.

"He needed a relationship to save his empire." "And I needed one to shut my grandfather up." "Falling in love?" *scoffs* "That's not part of the contract." ~~~ It was meant to be just a setup of a fake relationship at first, for their own beneficial needs. Nothing more than that-no feelings, no attachments, no crossing the lines. Just appearances and pretendings. But pretending is never easy as it sounds. What started as a fake contract soon itched to become something dangerously soft. As photoshoots turn into lingering stares, and staged kisses start to feel weirdly real, the lines between performance and reality that they promised not to cross begin to blur in ways neither of them could control. And when the curtain falls, they had to choose-love or legacy. "Terms and Conditions Of Love" By: Ria🌸

Teetee isn't bad at maths. He just pretends to be-so he has a reason to stay beside Por. What starts as a small, harmless lie turns into quiet afternoons filled with shared notebooks, soft explanations, and a closeness neither of them expected. Por is patient, steady, and kind in ways that don't need words. Teetee is warm, careful, and slowly realizing this was never just a plan. Somewhere between numbers and silence, they begin to understand each other-not perfectly, but enough. But when the truth begins to surface, Teetee learns that not everything can be controlled like an equation... and Por isn't someone you can reach through pretending. Sometimes, the only thing left to do is stop trying to solve it- and just let it be.

Zoey is a seventeen year old girl whose job is to act perfect. But the thing is: she's far from perfection. Her family looks picture perfect but it's really not. Her parents don't even talk, let alone fight. They ignore their kids unless it's in front of other people. Zoey and her sister, Amelia, don't even look at each other anymore. They used to be close though. Zoey lets out her true self when she meets a certain boy by the name of Louis Tomlinson. He brings out the true Zoey and changes her life like she never thought possible.

SEQUEL TO STAY CLOSE All I wanted was her. I just wanted to be with her, to be able to always see her or talk to her. But then, the man I hated most in the world took her from me and then had the audacity to die. I would find her. I didn't know if she was alive, but I would find her. Maybe meeting a partner in crime could help, if said partner was as sketchy as Walsh before my maybe-dead girlfriend murdered him. ~ This will definitely make absolutely no sense if you did not read Stay Close first. *UNEDITED

"Are you human?" he asked. "I am a robot." she lied. But robots don't bleed. Do they? _Humanoid-ai-robot#013_

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After the period where Krista had to watch her parent’s divorce, she started facing threats by no other than her mother's new drunk boyfriend. Struggling to keep the secret burdened, guilt starts building up with her. She could tell no one. Not even her laughing boyfriend. Whether she lives or dies is a question she asks herself every day, especially when a little pink plus results in another immense problem. How can she cope with a new growing life inside her while experiencing the loss of one of the most precious people in her life? No one had any answers for her doubts and problems. She just had to keep living on and pretending that that Man never existed in her life.

What do we get in pretending? What good thing could pretending will gave us? This world for me is full of MANY PRETENDING PEOPLE, for they don't know how to become true for themselves. But PRETENDING IS THE ONLY ONE THING I'M VERY CAPABLE OF DOING.

She just doesn't know what to do anymore. There's school and band and dance and Community service and the worst of all...her love life. She has her whole life together until the first time she gazed into those green eyes. She realizes that not everything can be kept secret, tears can't be held in, friends aren't honest, and everything is really not fine. Watch it all unravel in I'm Fine.

At the heaven a girl fall in the sky and he "ouch" she mumbled as she stretched her arms "what! Whaaaa!" A girl showed up in the bushes holding a basket of apple screaming "what?" She said while walking towards the girl "are you ok miss?" She asked "your " the girl look away from her and pointed at the her wile saying "your, naked" she mumbled terribly "aaaaaaaahhhhh?"

A wealthy high school girl, daughter of famous parents, transfers to a prestigious music school in a new country due to her father's work. To escape her usual fame, she disguises herself as a nerd, hoping to experience a normal student life. Along the way, she befriends a mix of genuine and fake friends, encounters a cold yet secretly kind boy, and even meets her ideal type-smart, kind, tall, and handsome. Through unexpected challenges and heartfelt moments, she learns life lessons, changes lives, and discovers the beauty of both good and bad experiences.

"Breaking Free" Written by Courtney Sumrall (BookWriterAlways). I've been struggling with depression for almost five years now and It's hard to pull through because It feels like I'm drowning in the darkness. Depression has made me do harmful things to myself and I have been unhappy with myself for a very long time. I punish myself every day by self-harming because I feel like I'm nothing to anyone or to the world. I feel like I'm worthless and that no one will ever like me. I wrote this poem book from my experience with depression, with self-harm and with suicide attempts. You are not alone.

Of two people, two different stories, and one reason to why they met the way they did on a train departing towards the cemetery.