Not Everything Is As It Seems Novels & Stories

We need to keep up appearances, remember? I nodded, though the words sounded hollow in my mouth. Appearances. That's all this was, wasn't it? A carefully crafted lie, a show for everyone to believe. But I knew the truth. I knew that when the cameras weren't rolling and the guests weren't clapping, I was just a pawn in a game I didn't fully understand.

Stella, Kai looks so handsome tonight.... I don’t know how lucky I am to have someone like him interested in me. My mind is so messed up, I can’t distinguish between reality and imagination anymore. I’m seeing that asshole everywhere, even when he’s not really there, and my dreams are getting worse... and worse. Nowadays, I cry more than I smile. I just want this nightmare to be over so I can move on with my life and be a normal teenager again.

He called himself a victim, said Maggie lied about everything—the threats, the stalker, all of it. He even shared statements from Peter's family, exposing Maggie for scamming people and wrecking homes for money. Vincent painted himself squeaky clean. Just another guy who got played. And the internet? Flipped overnight. People who had dragged Serena suddenly realized they'd been duped. The hate turned on Maggie—hard. Memes flooded in. People called it a real-life "Farmer and the Snake." Vincent tried to save her, lost his girlfriend, and got branded a jerk.

Fulfill my need and then you are free to go anywhere," Sanskar said softly. "You are a pervert,” she said in repugnance. “You think you will order something like that and I will do it? No! Never! Not in your wildest dreams, Mr. Maheswari. You know something, Mr.Sanskar Maheswari? All businessmen are like this only. You can stoop down to any level just for your profit. There must be thousands of girls who are interested to be with you in your bed, but not everyone is like that. Some are like me too who will never give in to your demands," Swara said and finally swung the door open. "Not even for this video?" Sanskar asked, making Swara stop from taking a step outside.

“Someone inside our circle. Someone we thought we could trust.” Justina’s stomach twisted. “Again?” “Again,” he confirmed. “And this time, it’s personal.” Before she could respond, her phone buzzed on the console. A text from an unknown number: Everything you see is an illusion. Trust no one. Her fingers trembled. She showed Carson, who read it and immediately frowned. “They’re testing us. Seeing how far we can be manipulated.” She exhaled sharply. “How do we fight something we can’t even see?”

When our eyes met, Maya froze. My fiancée did not understand and looked at me in confusion. All I could do was explain, "Sorry, I didn't know... She's my ex-wife. Let's go somewhere else." Just as I turned to leave, Maya suddenly spoke up. "Wait!" Then, she turned to my fiancée. "Miss, will you permit me to help you. I'm sorry. I'm not trying to do anything. It's just that today is my first day at work. If you leave without trying anything on, I might... get fired. Could you please try one on at least? You don't have to order anything. I promise I won't do anything unnecessary."

“Not everything is what it seems.” Sienna’s heart pounded. “Who are you? What do you want?” The woman’s gaze hardened. “Let’s just say I’m someone who’s been watching this story unfold for a long time. Sometimes the truth is buried so deep it’s hard to find.” As the woman left abruptly, Sienna’s mind raced. Who was she really? What secrets did she hold? Dominic leaned forward, his voice dropping to a whisper. “Question everything, Sienna. Nothing is as simple as it looks.”

Like the person had used a year to write one letter to make sure that it was perfect. But this one? This one looked like it was scribbled hurriedly. I turned the paper. “Everything is not what it seems” was written boldly at the back I gulped. This definitely did not make sense. “I don’t even make sense right now” I mumbled, a yawn escaping my lips as I laid back on the bed, not even bothering to take a bit of the sandwich he had prepared for me. * Annoyance

When everything was falling in the right place, in one moment, everything just fell apart. -Author. |Z Y R A| A sense of foreboding clawed at the edges of my mind, like a dark shadow lurking in the corners of a room bathed in light. Everything appeared normal—the laughter of my friends, the clinking of glasses, the pulsating music—but beneath the surface, an unease gnawed at me. It was as if the very air held its breath, waiting for something to go terribly wrong. My fingers tightened around the glass, and I couldn't shake the feeling that today, on this seemingly ordinary night, fate had something sinister in store.

The text overlay that came up read: "Not everything is as it seems." I had let the phone drop. It slid off the chair and clattered to the floor. My breath was streaming in short shards. Not everything is what it seems. The words burned into my mind. My heart thudded: Who sent this? How could this be? And why was I being shown a man who had already been declared dead?