Romance Stories

Maya is twenty-two, living alone, and the summer is too hot for anything modest. Across the hall is Hari Uncle—thirty-nine, shirtless, wrapped in a loose lungi that never quite stays put. She calls him over for sockets that don’t need fixing. He “accidentally” lets the cloth slip. She “accidentally” doesn’t wear a bra. The heat between them isn’t just the weather. Then a documentary on nursing changes everything. Maya’s body answers a hunger she didn’t know she had. She induces lactation.

Nicole has always felt invisible, especially to Simon, the tall, confident basketball player she secretly loves. Desperate to make him notice her, she creates an elaborate secret that changes the way he sees her – and brings them unexpectedly closer. But when affection grows into something real, Nicole begins to wonder how long a lie can survive when the person she loves is finally looking straight at her.