Contemporary Web Novels & Gamer Second Chance Stories

Lila was the quiet nerd who used to be Jax’s everything—until high school popularity turned him into the biggest jerk on the ice. Best friends became strangers, and the constant bullying from his crowd made her life hell. Jax can’t stand watching it anymore. He still wants her, even if he’ll never admit it. So he offers the perfect solution: fake date him. As the school’s star hockey player, no one will dare touch what’s “his.” Protection, respect, and zero real feelings. Easy, right? Desperate for peace, Lila agrees. What starts as performative kisses in the halls and fake hand-holding at games quickly turns dangerously real. Stolen glances. Heated touches. Whispered confessions. Both of them are falling hard. Until the night Jax finally asks her to make it real. That’s when his twin brother Jett drops the bomb: Jax was the one who started the bullying. All of it. Just so he could swoop in and play the hero. Heartbroken and betrayed, Lila’s world shatters. Two brothers who both claim to love her are now tearing each other apart—for her. But who can she trust when the one who “saved” her was the villain all along? Fake love was supposed to be safe. Now it’s the most dangerous game of all

Ivy Hart thought surviving Northbridge University on a full scholarship would finally give her life a clean slate, until she opens the hockey club door on her first day and comes face-to-face with Asher Hayes, the golden boy captain who made her high school years unbearable; now he’s everywhere she turns, and when her biggest secret slips into his hands after a single reckless moment, he doesn’t expose her—he traps her in a fake relationship that starts as leverage but quickly turns into something far more dangerous than either of them planned, because in a game built on lies, control, and buried history, Ivy is beginning to realize the real threat isn’t losing her scholarship… it’s losing her heart to the boy who once broke it.

Ann became a widow at thirty-four. To the world, she had everything. A rich husband, a beautiful life, and a name that opened doors. But the truth: she was never a wife; she was owned. On the night she was about to be handed over to another man like property, Ann ran with no plan or safety. Just fear pushing her forward. Then she crashed into him, Duke Carter, twenty-seven, Hockey superstar. The kind of man who doesn’t stop for strangers. But he stopped for her. What started as one night of help turns into something neither of them expected. Because Ann isn’t just running from her past… she’s carrying it. And Duke isn’t supposed to fall for a woman like her. She is older and a widow, bringing secrets that could destroy everything. When Duke’s family turns against her, and the man she escaped comes back with a vengeance, Ann is forced to fight again… this time not just for her freedom, but for the only love she’s ever known. Duke was never meant to choose her. But he did, and this time… he’s not letting her go.

I never thought he’d leave me on our ten year anniversary. I gave him everything, my youth, my dreams, my heart and he tossed it all away like I was nothing. Months of heartbreak, solitude, and tequila later, I’m barely holding it together. Then comes the invite: his wedding. The one where he’s marrying her. And me? I’m supposed to smile and clap? That’s when an idea lands in my lap a chance to fakedate the city’s hottest hockey star, the man every paparazzi swoon over. It’s supposed to be simple: protect his image, help him play the perfect boyfriend… maybe get over my ex in the process. But what I didn’t expect was the heat, the lust, the danger of wanting him… or him wanting me. Between stolen kisses in empty arenas, the paparazzi hunting our every move, and the ex who thinks he still has a chance, I’m discovering the dangerous thrill of power, passion, and revenge. But as my fake love story becomes dangerously real, I realize one thing: the game isn’t over, and I might just win… or lose everything I’ve dared to desire.