Completed • First Draft - not edited. || "You gonna sit there all night?" Luka glances at me, smirking. I glare back. "I was enjoying the last few seconds of peace before having to spend an evening pretending to like you." "That's funny," he says, unbuckling his seatbelt. "Why?" I snap. "Because I was thinking the same thing." || The rules? Easy enough. 1. Pretend to be the perfect couple. 2. Keep it professional. 3. And whatever you do, don't. catch. feelings. Simple, right? Sofia Calloway never planned on going viral for throwing a drink in Luka Mikhaylov's face. But one video, one pissed-off hockey star, and one furious university later... she's suddenly stuck in a fake relationship with the guy she can't stand. He needs to clean up his image before the NHL draft. She needs the free tuition that comes with the deal. All they have to do is smile for the cameras, hold hands at the games, and act like they don't want to strangle each other. Then come the late-night arguments that last too long. The stolen glances that feel too dangerous. The moment where "pretend" starts looking way too real. Because when you break the rules, someone's bound to lose. And this time, it might be both of them.

I read "It Ends with us" by Colleen Hoover and it's been a full 2 years afterwards, and I still talk about it. I reference it often and plan on getting "the naked truth" tattooed on me. I understood her message but after reading "It Starts with us" I felt so unsatisfied with the character Ryle Kincaid. I fell deeply in love with him only to hate him in the end. So if there is anyone who feels like he deserved ... more. Welcome to "It ends now." It's a fan fiction based on Ryle and Mill (my future inspiration). I beg you to read both of Colleen's books beforehand because the following may lead to spoilers. I don't want to steal her work. By all means, I can never do it as good as Colleen, she's my inspiration. But I think if she wrote more on Ryle her message would be lost entirely. That is where I come in. I don't want to profit off of Colleen's hard work I just want to give people what I yearned for in Ryle. To give a bit of context, I have always had a passion for medicine and want to study it (which is also a reason why I fell so hard for Ryle). So the fan-fic is mainly based in the hospital where Ryle meets Mill. Mill is basically me in 10 years. A lot of the characters exist in real life and a diary excerpt in one of the later chapters is one of mine from when I was 17. Many of the medical scenarios were real cases that actually happened. I also have a very big passion for music and attached to each chapter is a song, do yourself a favour and put in your earphones and play the songs attached to each chapter on repeat till the chapter ends and a new song is shown. I listened to them while writing the chapters and I feel the immersion and atmosphere are emphasised more. I hope you give it a try. P.S. There will be MANY spelling errors. Please overlook this, I know Lily is spelt with one l and Alyssa is actually Allysa but I get it wrong when I'm in flow state writing my heart out. Bear with me and look at the overall picture.