𝐁𝐎𝐎𝐊 𝟏 𝐎𝐅 𝐆𝐈𝐑𝐋𝐒 𝐎𝐅 𝐃𝐔𝐓𝐘 A U R E L I A : " I applied here to get away from my family and to pursue my career. Not fall in love with my boss. " R A I N E R : " You signed a contract, Gold. That means you're mine and there's no escaping me. " ⟡ 06/22/23 - 09/07/23 WORD COUNT: 123,000

The good girl ballerina wants to rebel against her mother and the bad boy underground fighter wants to prove to his father that he is more than what he thinks; so of course they make a deal to fake date in public. Jane Adams, a 19 year old virgin. Kept hidden from the world by her alcoholic mother who wasted her potential away, so she lives vicariously through Jane. Desperate to break free from her mother and get a taste of the real world, she decides to rebel. Drinking, smoking, partying and dating, she does it all to stick it to her mother, but at what cost? Elliot Sanchez, born to be rich and proper, but that's not what he wants. He wants to live, not just exist. But he craves the validation from his father and to prove to him that he's not a gangster, when in fact he has his life together. He will do anything to prove to him, even hurt himself and others in the process. What will happen when the two realise just how much the other means to them? Will they run or will they stay?