Lila Hayes is a snobby, uptight seventeen year old, with her heart set on going to fashion school in London, but unfortunately due to a controlling father and lack of courage, she has no choice in what she wants to do with her life. On a journey of self-discovery she finds herself falling for the boy she's hated ever since she was five; Lakyn Westbrook. Their hatred for each other is completely mutual, but when a new friend, an obsessed best friend and a new found liking comes into the picture, they find themselves changing each other for the better. That is until a mysterious death erupts in Dayton Lakes, testing their friendship group and their relationship as well. Loving Lakyn follows a group of high school students through their experiences of sex, drugs, friendships, love and trauma. *** This book contains mature language and scenes, an extremely rude main character and a hell of a lot of character development. Hang in there, I promise it gets better. NSFW content and possibly triggering scenes

(EDITING) "You can't keep doing that..." she whispers, avoiding eye contact with me as she pretends to stare at the computer screen. "Doing what?" I ask, acting oblivious as fuck. I just want to hear those words out of her mouth. "Talking like this to me and doing that," she replies while motioning to the pen on my hand which I just took out. "You mean flirting?" I smirk. I'm sure she knows that I am flirting with her, I have been since the night I met her. I just need her to admit to it, I need to know that she is aware of it and that she is not refusing them. Now, she just told me not to but her voice, her body is telling me the opposite. ________ Eighteen-year-old Kelsey Hale is the girlfriend of the star basketball player in their High School. Twenty-year-old Luca Johnson is the attractive and confident captain of the UCLA basketball team. After Kelsey became a student at UCLA, her high school sweetheart cheated on her. 1 assignment brought Kelsey & Luca together, what could possibly go right, or wrong when Kelsey and Luca cross paths -TOP RANKING- #1 18plus #1 sexual #1 teenfiction #1 college #1 collegestories #1 collegeromance #1 sportsromance #1 mature #1 firsttime #2 youngadult #2 teenromance start date 23rd Jan 2021 end date 13 May 2021