"I want to give you all the love you deserve." ___ Hadley Carter has struggled with her sexuality ever since childhood. She keeps her feelings hidden out of fear of judgement and not being accepted by others. It only takes one summer vacation for her secret to be revealed over one simple mishap. After spending her summer break halfway across the country, Hadley returns home vowing to keep her true identity hidden. That is, until Hadley meets Devon Parker. Devon opens up a door in Hadley's life that she had desperately been trying to keep closed. Despite her best efforts to shut Devon out, Hadley is unable to resist growing closer with her. Devon teaches Hadley what it means to be comfortable with who she is, to free herself from judgement, and how to fall in love. [COMPLETE] [SHORTLISTED FOR THE WATTYS 2021] [WATTPAD EDITORS' CHOICE LIST NOVEMBER 2021] [SHORTLISTED FOR THE WATTYS 2022] [WATTYS YOUNG ADULT WINNER 2022]

Ever since Hadley Castillo lost her mother at a young age. Her father pulled away and entrusted Hadley's life with maids and a security guard. However, as she grew older and started to resent the guards. She decided to make their task a nightmare and a game to entertain herself. Thus, driving her father mad for years and going through multiples of guards, this time, her father switched things around by bringing in a woman.

ᴇᴠᴇʀʏᴛʜɪɴɢ ʙɪʟʟɪᴇ ᴅɪᴅ ꜱᴇᴇᴍᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ᴍᴀᴋᴇ ᴍᴇ ʟᴀᴜɢʜ ᴏʀ ꜱᴍɪʟᴇ, ɪɴ ꜱᴏᴍᴇ ꜱᴏʀᴛ ᴏꜰ ᴡᴀʏ. ᴇᴠᴇʀʏᴛʜɪɴɢ ᴀʙᴏᴜᴛ ʜᴇʀ ᴡᴀꜱ ʜʏᴘɴᴏᴛɪᴢɪɴɢ, ʜᴇʀ ɪᴄʏ ʙʟᴜᴇ ᴇʏᴇꜱ ꜱᴇᴇᴍ ᴛᴏ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴀ ᴍᴀɢɴᴇᴛ. ᴀɴᴅ ɪᴛ ᴋᴇᴘᴛ ᴘᴜʟʟɪɴɢ ᴍᴇ ᴛᴏᴡᴀʀᴅ ʜᴇʀ. ✧･ﾟ: *✧･ﾟ:* 　　 *:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ✧ ᴋɪʟʟ ᴍʏꜱᴇʟꜰ ɪɴ 50 ᴅᴀʏꜱ. ᴛʜᴀᴛ'ꜱ ᴍʏ ᴘʟᴀɴ, ʙᴜᴛ ᴡʜᴇɴ ᴀ ɢɪʀʟ ᴘʀɪᴇꜱ ʜᴇʀꜱᴇʟꜰ ɪɴᴛᴏ ᴍʏ ʟɪꜰᴇ ᴛʜɪɴɢꜱ ɢᴏ ꜱᴏʀᴛᴀ ᴏꜰꜰ ᴛʀᴀᴄᴋ. ɪ ᴛᴏʟᴅ ᴍʏꜱᴇʟꜰ ɪ ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅɴ'ᴛ ɢᴇᴛ ᴄʟᴏꜱᴇ ᴛᴏ ʜᴇʀ, ᴛᴏ ꜱᴀᴠᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘᴀɪɴ ʙᴜᴛ ɪᴛ ᴊᴜꜱᴛ ᴋɪɴᴅᴀ ʜᴀᴘᴘᴇɴᴅ. ɴᴏᴡ ɪ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴛᴏ ꜰɪɢᴜʀᴇ ᴏᴜᴛ ᴀ ᴡᴀʏ ᴛᴏ ɢᴏ ᴡɪᴛʜᴏᴜᴛ ʜᴜʀᴛɪɴɢ ʜᴇʀ. ɪ'ᴍ ʜᴏᴘɪɴɢ ꜱʜᴇ ᴄᴀɴ ᴄᴏᴘᴇ ʙʏ ʜᴇʀꜱᴇʟꜰ. ꜱʜᴇ'ꜱ ᴀᴛᴛᴀᴄʜᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ᴍᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ᴀʟʟ ɪ ᴡᴀɴᴛ ᴍᴏʀᴇ ɪꜱ ᴛᴏ ʟᴇᴀᴠᴇ ᴛʜɪꜱ ᴇᴀʀᴛʜ. ᴍᴀʏʙᴇ ᴏɴᴇ ᴅᴀʏ ᴡᴇ'ʟʟ ᴍᴇᴇᴛ ᴀɢᴀɪɴ ᴡʜᴇʀᴇ ɪ'ᴍ ʙᴇᴛᴛᴇʀ, ɪɴ ᴀ ʟɪꜰᴇ ᴡʜᴇʀᴇ ɪ'ᴍ ʜᴀᴘᴘʏ, ɪᴛ ᴊᴜꜱᴛ ᴄᴀɴ'ᴛ ʙᴇ ᴛʜɪꜱ ᴏɴᴇ. ᴀ ʙɪʟʟɪᴇ ᴇɪʟɪꜱʜ ꜰᴀɴꜰɪᴄ. -ʟᴏᴡᴇʀᴄᴀꜱᴇ ɪɴᴛᴇɴᴅᴇᴅ

↳ « can you stay over tonight? » ─ 𝗶𝗻 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗵 a girl of 16 years has been through various types of trauma. She appears secretive, cold-hearted and is seemingly unapproachable until the day she unexpectedly bumps into a girl with cerulean hair, who supposedly doesn't fit into the right category of societal norms. The weeks proceed and the former tension dissipates when an unforeseen diagnosis throws the 16-year-old's family into great turmoil. Will she be able to cope with the situation with the help of Billie? Will she find enough trust in her to make veiled references about her critical past? And most importantly, how soon will they discern that their feelings could be more than just those of a regular friendship? 𝗶𝗹𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗼 - 𝗕𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗲 𝗘𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵 gxg high school romance | trigger warnings mentioned in '000' achieved: #1 in teenissues 03/14/21 #1 in problematic 03/15/21 #1 in awareness 03/17/21 #2 in lesbian 05/21/21 #1 in lgbt 05/22/21 #1 in mental 08/29/22 #1 in illness 05/05/23 100k reads - 12/23/21 200k reads - 03/21/23 300k reads - 10/13/24