Lauren Parker finds herself interested in one of the coolest yet cutest boys in her class who seems not to even give her attention. She always hoped to find someone else to put him out of her mind which seemed rather rueful but it was the least she could think about. And just like that she gets a chance to speak to him but she fails to say anything to him most of the time. Her best friend, Jess Diagle who saved her once from being a laughingstock sees it through with her as she's always present to bring her back to reality when she loses her mind in front of Corrie Allen. Jess has her sweet boyfriend, Carl Diaz who helps her out to find a way to let her best friend spend time with her crush. Lauren eventually realises she has more friends than she had imagined that she can actually count on. She comes face to face with unexpected reveals where she struggles through all the battles, temptations, heartbreaks and atrocities with her best friend who stays by her through it all. Will she really be able to be with the person she discovered she now loved the most in the world? Copyright © 2020 by Laurie Lae All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, including photocopying, recording, or other electronic or mechanical methods without any prior written consent of the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical reviews and certain other noncommercial uses permitted by the copyright law. Resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, locales or events is entirely coincidental. Just like that. Table of contents. Title page Copyright Chapter One. Chapter Two. Chapter Three. Chapter Four. Chapter Five. Chapter Six. Chapter Seven. Chapter Eight. Chapter Nine. Chapter Ten. Chapter Eleven. Chapter Twelve. Chapter Thirteen. Chapter Fourteen. Chapter Fifteen. Chapter Sixteen. Chapter Seventeen. Chapter Eighteen. Chapter Nineteen. Epilogue. Author's note.

When Charlotte agrees to fake date bad boy Mason to make her best friend and secret crush, Ben, jealous, she thinks it will be a simple arrangement. The rules are clear and she's certain of her goal: make Ben fall in love with her. So why does it seem like the lines always blur when Mason is around? *** Charlotte Anderson has secretly been in love with her best friend, Ben Hathaway, since childhood, though he's never seen her as anything but the girl next door. After witnessing Ben kissing another girl at a party, a heartbroken Charlotte accidentally admits her crush to notorious bad boy Mason Reed... who also happens to be one of Ben's closest friends. But Mason isn't going to tell Charlotte's secret; instead, he suggests they fake a relationship to make Ben jealous. They create a set of strict rules for the arrangement: no kissing when Ben isn't around, no sex, and no falling in love. But as their fake relationship progresses, and Mason's walls break down, Charlotte finds herself questioning her true feelings for both boys, and wondering if some rules are meant to be broken-especially when it comes to love. [[word count: 100,000 - 150,000]] Cover designed by Gillian Goulet (This story is a standalone title in the Dependency series) [[Wattpad Editors Choice: June 2021]]