Love — Fake

It started with small things. He found himself buying her favorite jasmine tea on his way to their "rehearsals" without thinking. He noticed that when she smiled at his fake stories, her eyes crinkled in a way that wasn't in the script. During a staged argument in front of her sister, he felt a genuine, sharp pang of fear at the thought of her actually leaving the room.

"The contract ends tomorrow," he said, his voice barely audible. "I know," Clara replied. Fake Love

Elias had spent his life making people believe in things that weren't there. Now, for the first time, he had something real, and he had no idea how to build a house that wasn't made of glass. It started with small things