All Chapters of An Unexpected Casting: Chapter 11 - Chapter 20

Chapter 11: The FalloutThe moment Sophie pulled away from Jake, she knew they were in trouble.The unmistakable flash of a camera. The sound of hurried footsteps. The distant murmur of voices growing louder, urgent.Panic surged through her veins.Jake exhaled, his forehead resting against hers for a fraction of a second before reality crashed down around them. “Tell me that was just for us,” he murmured, his voice low.Sophie wanted to say yes. That the kiss had nothing to do with the world watching. That it wasn’t just some desperate move to control the narrative. But even she wasn’t sure if she believed that.She grabbed his wrist instead. &ldquo

Chapter 13: Breaking PointSophie barely slept.She had tossed and turned all night, her mind racing with everything that had gone wrong. The headlines were out of control. The photos, the speculation, the whispers—it was like a wildfire, consuming everything in its path.And now, Jake was caught in the middle of it.Her phone buzzed constantly, but she couldn’t bring herself to look at it. Every notification was another reminder of how badly this had spiraled.By morning, she forced herself to face reality. She grabbed her phone and scrolled through the latest news.Sophie Carter’s Mysterious Romance: Damage Control or Real Deal?The Truth

Chapter 15: A Line BlurredThe moment Sophie stepped out of her apartment, reality hit her like a freight train.The paparazzi were waiting.They always were.Flashes exploded in her vision, and the familiar chorus of voices rose in a relentless wave.“Sophie! Are you and Jake official?”“Is this just a PR stunt?”“Jake, any truth to the rumors about you and Sophie moving in together?”She ignored them.She had learned long ag

Chapter 17: After the StormThe apartment was too quiet.Too still.Too empty.Sophie had never realized how much sound one person could bring into her life until it was gone. Jake had never been loud—if anything, he had a way of moving through a space so effortlessly, as if he belonged there without ever demanding attention.But now that he was gone, the absence of him was deafening.She sat on the couch, legs tucked under her, staring at the muted television. She had turned it on earlier, flipping through channels aimlessly, hoping the background noise wou

Chapter 19: A Silence Too Loud to BearSophie had never known silence could be this loud.She sat curled up on the couch, staring blankly at the untouched cup of tea on the coffee table in front of her. The steam had long since disappeared, leaving it cold and uninviting. The city outside her apartment window was alive, a blur of flashing headlights, honking horns, and distant sirens. But none of it reached her. The sounds were just background noise to the storm raging inside her.All she could hear was the deafening weight of her own thoughts.The secret inside her was growing—not just in the physical sense, but in the way it pressed against her mind, suffocating her, demanding to be acknowledged. She had spen