PEOPLE YOU CAN RENT

People You Can Rent

A haunting dystopian romance where love is a contract… and remembering is rebellion.

In a future ruled by algorithms and emotional surveillance, affection has been monetized—and loneliness is no longer a private matter. Citizens don’t fall in love. They subscribe to it.

Elaya never expected to want more. As a licensed citizen, she’s permitted to rent companionship through the government’s Human Service Program—a system designed to eliminate heartbreak by programming perfection. But when she selects Ehaan, a Rented Unit known for his silence and precision, something unexpected begins to happen.

He remembers.

Not everything. Not clearly. But enough to see her—not as a client, but as something more. As their time together stretches beyond the rules, Elaya begins to feel what the world has forgotten: real connection. And that kind of intimacy comes with a cost.

When their bond is flagged as a threat, Elaya is stripped of her identity. Ehaan is scheduled for deletion. And the only way to survive may be to become unrentable.

Now fugitives in a world where love is treason, they must decide:
Is one real moment worth the price of everything?