What if the most beautiful love story you lived… was only a dream?

Arjun, heartbroken and adrift after a painful breakup, finds himself slowly healing in the warm light of Ishani—a vibrant, literature-loving girl with eyes full of questions and a soul stitched with poetry.

Their bond deepens—through silent nights, academic struggles, and a tenderness that feels too pure to be true.

And it is.

In a devastating twist, readers discover that the entire love story was a coma-induced dream of Ishani, a 17-year-old girl reeling from trauma, lying unconscious in an ICU.

But this is not a story of endings.
It’s a story of rebirth.

As she awakens to her pain, Ishani must choose between breaking down or breaking through. Through writing, science, and hope, she reclaims her story—and becomes the hero of her own life.

“If Only We Were Real” is a poignant, poetic tale of imagined love,...