"What is love in this temporal life, if not just a distraction from the pain that doesn't seem to end." After losing his best friend to an unexplained suicide, Mateu finds himself left to pick up the pieces with his best friend's younger brother, Ferran. Demure, distant and with a seemingly undying love for the memory of his brother, Ferran fascinates the abrasive Mateu who is relentless in his own search for answers. But uncovering the truth requires the uncomfortable task of facing it for what it is. Only a thin line separates devotion from obsession, dedication from delusion, and passion from mania. Mateu has to choose between coming to terms with the past or be swallowed by it whole. *** Editor's Choice August 2022 @wattpad

His shocking blue eyes pierced right through my soul as his warm breath tickled the hairs on my ear. "Kiss me," he said in that seductive voice of his. I gulped, not knowing what to do. Here he was right in front of me demanding that I kiss him, but just a few minutes ago he was slamming my books out of my hands. I didn't get this guy, what did he want me to do. Love him or hate him. Forget about my conflicted feelings. I loved Ethan Walker. ....... My life was so simple before I met Ethan. I was the nerd that everybody picked on and I didn't try to change it. I accepted the fact that I was doomed to be alone my whole life. That was until Ethan Walker walked right into my life. Now, my world has been turned upside down.