⧽ 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐋𝐀𝐊𝐄𝐒 ˎˊ˗ ❛ take me to the lakes where all the poets went to die ╱ i don't belong, and my beloved, neither do you... ❜ 𝗶𝗻 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗵 she was the disease and he was the cure 𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐂𝐘 𝐉𝐀𝐂𝐊𝐒𝐎𝐍 𝐗 𝐎𝐂 ❪ the lightning thief ― the last olympian ❫ © 𝘀𝘂𝗻𝗿𝗶𝗯𝗯𝗰𝗻 , 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱

Eighteen-year-old Rylee Evans just moved back to Charlottesville, VA, with her dad and sister after being gone for three years. She's not the same girl she was when she left, or so she thought. Austin Hayes is the good-looking, arrogant, popular guy at school. And the one person that Rylee wants to avoid more than anything. It's no secret that he made her life miserable in middle school. Austin needs to keep his grades up to stay on the football team, so he needs a tutor. Except there's only one tutor available...Rylee. Austin and Rylee find themselves quickly falling for each other, except Austin's ex-girlfriend refuses to let him go that easily and starts causing problems for them. Rylee has the life she's always dreamed of: a loving boyfriend and a bigger circle of friends. There's only one problem...Rylee's father. Will Rylee have the courage to keep what she's found with Austin or let her father tear them apart forever? Warning... It talks about abuse that could be triggering for some readers.

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]]