2/ My MIL Rented Out the House I Was Living

Claire demanded to know who he was. But the man didn’t run. Instead, he looked just as startled. His name was Robert—a writer—and he insisted he had legally rented the house. Both confused and stunned, Claire pulled out her lease, and Robert did the same. Somewhere, between the fine print and a rental agency’s mistake,

two strangers had been promised the same home. What started as chaos slowly became an unexpected beginning. And with time, what began with fear and frustration turned into something else—something neither of them saw coming.