Some stories don't end with closure. They end with bone chilling silence. After a heartbreak that follows her into a new school, Naina finds comfort in someone who was never meant to be permanent. What begins as friendship slowly turns into something else - built on shared rides home, unspoken feelings, and terrible timing. This is a story about the wrong time, losing without a fight, and learning how to survive without someone you thought was permanent. It's about the unsaid words, the misunderstandings that change everything, and the quiet ache of wondering what could have been - even after you've moved on.

Henley agrees to pretend to date millionaire Bennett Calloway for a fee, falling in love as she wonders - how is he involved in her brother's false conviction? ****** Henley Linden's brother is in jail for a crime he didn't commit, and she'll take any job to raise the money needed to free him. Soon, she's agreed to pretend to date millionaire Bennett Calloway for ten thousand dollars, so his mother will ease up the pressure on him to find a wife. But once Henley is enmeshed in Bennett's world, he falls for her, and she starts to have feelings for him as well. Despite her romance with Bennett, as she grows closer to the Calloways, Henley realizes they are somehow involved in her brother's conviction. Journeying deeper into a world of wealth and conspiracies, Henley is forced to rely on Bennett, though doing so could cost her everything. [[word count: 200,000-250,000 words]]