The Rumor Contract

Tyler Waldorf never expected to get pulled into Cohen Monroe's drama.

She's focused on school, her friends, and keeping her life quiet and controlled.
Cohen, on the other hand, is the star shooting guard everyone talks about-
especially after his explosive breakup that has his coaches questioning his focus, discipline, and future on the team.

So when his coaches threaten to bench him unless he "gets his head together,"
Cohen panics...
and asks Tyler for one favor:

Pretend to be his girlfriend.
Just for a few weeks.
Just until the pressure dies down.

Tyler agrees-reluctantly.
It's simple: show up together, smile, look convincing.
No feelings.
No real dates.
No complications.

But nothing stays simple on a college campus where everyone watches everything.

The longer they fake it, the harder it becomes to tell what's staged and what's genuine.
What starts as Cohen needing Tyler soon turns into Cohen wanting her around-
and Tyler realizing she might want him too.

Coaches start believing the act.
Friends start asking questions.
Rumors start spreading again-
this time about how real it all looks.

And the only rule they wrote in their contract becomes the one they're both dangerously close to breaking:

Don't fall for each other.

A slow-burn, college romance about pressure, pretending, and the one lie that starts to feel like the truth.