Catfished by My Academic Rival

Ava faked her way into a year of secret tutoring from Ryan, MIT’s golden boy, using a stolen photo and a lie she almost believed herself. Now her jealous cousin has stolen the spotlight—and Ryan—while Ava’s ugly truth explodes across campus, turning her into a viral villain. As everyone she loves turns against her, Ava must face the boy she betrayed and the family that always wanted her to fail, with the whole world watching.

Alex lied to the online girlfriend who saved his grades, choosing MIT over Harvard—and cut her off with a single, gut-wrenching message. Now she’s back as his cold, beautiful lab mentor, holding his future in her hands. Can he survive her revenge, or will their unfinished past destroy them both?

Desperate to replace her advisor’s dead mulberry sapling, Casey pays a fortune for a ‘mulberry tree’—only to have a hot campus heartthrob show up, claiming he’s the delivery. Scammed, humiliated, and broke, she’s stuck with a fake boyfriend and a furious advisor on the way home. With her future on the line, will Casey fake a romance to survive, or is this Ivy League disaster about to go viral for all the wrong reasons?

I thought hitting Diamond would be the hardest part—until my ex called me out in front of the entire internet, and my gaming idol knew my real name. With the season on the line, I swallowed my pride and begged my ex for help, only to be left on read and publicly humiliated. My best friend hired a booster, but not even money could save us from Elo hell. Just when I’d given up, a single Twitch donation landed me in a game with Jax—the Comets’ legendary jungler and the guy I’d secretly crushed on for years. But Jax isn’t just cold; he’s heartbroken, and the whole world is watching. When he slips and calls me by my real name on stream, everything I thought I knew shatters. Am I just another fan—or is there a secret connection I never saw coming? What happens when your online life and real heart collide on the world stage?

When I defend a classmate from public humiliation, she turns her gratitude toward my boyfriend—and then invades every corner of our lives. Betrayed and blindsided, I fight to keep my love and dignity as a cunning rival spins a web of lies and sabotage. With my relationship and reputation at stake, I must decide: stand my ground or lose everything to the girl I tried to save.

When Jamie sells her old drone online, she never expects the class president to scam the student fund and pin the blame on her. Caught between betrayal and the threat of public humiliation, Jamie must outsmart her classmates and reveal the truth—before she’s labeled a thief forever. Loyalties will be tested, and reputations are on the line.

Natalie thought college would be simple—until the campus heartthrob started shadowing her every move, desperate and jealous. He claims he’s her husband from the future, forced to win her love all over again, but she’s already tangled in a fake romance with her childhood friend. Now, with her heart—and her destiny—on the line, Natalie must choose: trust the boy who knows all her secrets, or risk losing her second chance at forever.

Aubrey’s bad-luck spiral peaks when she accidentally drenches a campus confession—only to get pulled into the orbit of Caleb, the ice-cold swim captain who keeps melting for her. As rumors, viral posts, and a jealous rival threaten to wreck her reputation, she must fight for the truth, her art, and a love that steadies her. If she fails, she loses not just her heart but her place on campus—if she wins, the iceberg finally cracks.

Five years together, and I thought I knew her—until I found her secret burner account and uncovered the truth: my fiancée was having an affair with her married professor, thirty years her senior. Every late night, every excuse, every lie—while I played the perfect boyfriend, they laughed behind my back. Now, armed with proof and a burning need for revenge, I’m about to expose them all—no one in her family or his will see it coming.

Everyone expected me to say yes to the rich golden boy on stage—until I grabbed the callused hand of the campus nobody, shocking the entire university. But no one knows I’ve taken over Aubrey’s life, desperate to change her tragic ending and win back the man she broke. With jealous rivals, a scheming ex, and the real heroine closing in, how long can I keep my secret before everything shatters?

I always thought being a succubus in college would make my love life easy—until my childhood friend ghosted me for the campus queen on Valentine’s Day. Now, with the universe streaming my every move like a reality show—complete with savage floating comments—I’m stuck between Mason’s mixed signals and his brooding roommate Caleb, who’s way more than just a background character. As old hookups lose their spark and new desires heat up, I’m forced to choose: chase what’s familiar, or risk everything on the guy who sees through my every act? When the comments demand drama and the past won’t let go, can I rewrite my own story—or will I just become the villain in someone else’s feed?

I’m the disposable rich girl—destined to be a side character, never the heroine. But when I pay the campus outcast to fake-date me, I discover he’s the secret villain the system wants me to fear…and the only one who ever truly sees me. As my family crumbles and the main couple’s love story devours my future, I must choose: betray my role, or risk everything for the boy I was supposed to ruin.