Everybody Lies Novels & Stories

It felt as if every bone in my body had been broken—I collapsed to the floor, my eyes empty and unfocused. The child I had carried for 9 months had become a blade piercing my heart. The overwhelming grief and despair nearly tore me apart—I collapsed, pain nearly causing me to faint. Seeing my pale face, Jack rushed forward in a panic—but Joanna quickly clung to his arm. “Jack, Laura is just trying to trick you.” “She’s afraid of being punished, so she’s pretending to be sick to get sympathy. Think about it. When she donated her cornea, her body was perfectly fine.”

“I’m not lying. Mom, believe me. I didn’t push Sunny.” “Then did Sunny push you? How does it feel to be falsely accused?” Angela looked at Dolly and cupped her face, not letting her turn away. “People who lie are foolish. They always think others can’t tell, but the truth is, everyone sees through it already. “It’s like everyone is looking at something white, and you insist it’s black—it’s that obvious. Don’t lie again, alright? It really makes people dislike you.” Dolly clenched her teeth, her face flushing red.

He lied straight into my eyes. How can he do that? Why do people lie so easily? Matthew seemed to be completely oblivious that I had an idea about Natasha. If there is one thing I dislike about people, it is when they lie, fake their worries, feelings, and everything else. It is not too difficult to be genuine. It doesn't even cost a dime. "Why do you have to lie?" I faintly asked. Guilty as he is. Matthew solidified like water placed overnight in a refrigerator. He didn't move. He became a breathing statue. His expression was funny, but it failed to entertain me.

I said. “Do you think this is fun?” he said in a low tone. “What’s the fuzz? Can’t you do acting? Everybody lies,” Niah said. “Only liars say that everybody lies, and loners say everybody leaves,” he replied. I crossed my arms. “Vad… Are you alright? You seem so sensitive. Oh my gosh, don’t tell me you’re falling for him?” I asked while covering my mouth with my hand.

“If she didn’t come to our lives, it would have been the same dull life, I guess.” “It all started with that interview,” Stella said. Samantha shook her head. “It all started with a lie. His perfect lie.” She said, grinning at me. I chuckled. “I just couldn’t tell her the truth about me. You should have seen the panic in her eyes when she found out I didn’t want her to call me Sam.”

Sophie. It’s the anticipation that I live for—the space between intention and action, where the world feels charged and crackling, and every small gesture could be mistaken for something innocent or catastrophic. I used to think of myself as a good liar, but lately, I’m starting to believe that the best lies are the ones nobody bothers to question. And here in this tastefully neutral café, where everyone is too absorbed in their own afternoon secrets to notice a thing, I can be anyone I want.

When he saw me, he was stunned too. His voice had become slightly hoarse as he said. "It really is you. So, you've been in the south all this time." I looked at him calmly. "Is there a problem?" My calmness made Lawson unhappy. He gripped his cup and questioned me with anger in his tone. "Why? Why did you lie to me?" I laughed despite myself. He was the one who had lied to me from the very beginning. How had I become the one who lied?

“Is that why you don’t want to go to work?” “Isn’t that enough reason? What’s the point, Imogen? They gave me one thing to do and I couldn’t even do it right. I can just see the headlines – ‘Casalengo Enterprises loses the Bass Project to Fitz Industries’ – thanks to me. I’m such a disappointment. Now, everyone is going to know that I’m a fraud and I don’t deserve the position. I mean, they already know it; this just confirms it.”

Brenda G _____ Ever felt like you're the worst person on the planet? Well, that's me. I had a list of reasons to prove that I was indeed the worst person in the universe. The first reason being, I lied to my best friends Sam and Dulcie. The other day, during the whole Jake and me incident, I managed to cook up a convincing lie in order to explain why Jake and I were both naked in the water. Of course, I used the skinny diving story as an explanation. I could sense by the suspicious looks from Dulcie and Sam, that they weren't fully convinced but they chose to let it slide. Or didn't they?

No one knew how humiliating it felt to hear something so private being turned into a story everyone could casually talk about. When they were finally alone, Laya gathered enough courage to speak. “I don’t like it when you tell people about Mike.” Tiar looked at her. “Why?” “Because people are going to misunderstand. They’ll think I cheated on you.” “I was just telling them what happened.” “But that’s our problem, Tiar. It doesn’t need to become everyone’s story.” He was silent for a moment before saying, “If you didn’t do anything, why are you afraid they’ll misunderstand?”