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.

"𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐲 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞, 𝐄𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐚." "𝐈'𝐦 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚 𝐤𝐢𝐝, 𝐄𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐭𝐭." "𝐘𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐚 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐞𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫." The moment I stepped into the classroom, all eyes turned to me. I wasn't just any new student-I was a princess, pretending to be just another teenager. And then, there was him. Elliott Hale, my bodyguard. At 24, he was six years older, towering over everyone, with eyes that could pierce through me even when he wasn't looking. His job was simple: protect me. Keep me hidden. But as he watched me from across the room, I felt the weight of a thousand unspoken words hanging between us. This wasn't just high school. This was my life-my secret, my duty, and now, my heart on the line.

𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐃𝐮𝐞𝐭 𝐀𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐫𝐚... "He didn't try to fix me. He just sat in my quiet...and made it feel loud." I was never the girl who laughed in hallways or sang along to songs. I never danced in the rain or screamed lyrics out of car windows. But with him? I wanted to. (I did without fear.) Because Aries Wilde made me feel like I was allowed to take up space. Like love didn't have to hurt. Like I could belong in this world...even if only for a little while. 𝐀𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬... "You took half of my heart with you. The other half only beats because of her. (Their baby)" She gave me nine months of real life. One baby I'll love for the both of us. And a love story I'll carry until my last breath. I swore I'd never love again. Well fuck I actually could never because...Because my heart, It already belongs to her. Forever. For entirety. ✦ 𝐓𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐬 ✦ 💔 tragic romance 🕊️ soulmates 📝 love letters 🫶 dual POV 👀 quiet girl x golden broken-loving boy 🌧️ "you made me want to dance in the rain" 🥀 love that outlives life 🧸 baby made from love 🕯️ grieving boy in love 📖 forever kind of love 🚫 no third-act breakup, just fate being cruel (she well is sick...because of her dad beating her, her whole life.)

"𝐎𝐤𝐚𝐲 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐚 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐌𝐫. 𝐊𝐢𝐧𝐠," "𝐆𝐨𝐨𝐝, 𝐢𝐭'𝐬 𝐚 𝐛𝐞𝐭. 𝐎𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐞 𝐊𝐢𝐧𝐠. 𝐈𝐭'𝐬 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐥." Amelia Lewis has always been the quintessential good girl-never one to break the rules or stray from her meticulously planned path. Arriving at college with her two best friends, she believes she's left the whispers of her past behind. But everything changes when she crosses paths with the notorious bad boy of Samford University, Hayden King. With his muscular build, rugged good looks, and tattoos that tell a story of their own, Hayden is everything Amelia knows she should avoid. By night, he fights in the ring; by day, he charms his way through campus as the star football player. Despite her best intentions to resist him, Amelia finds herself irresistibly drawn to Hayden's dangerous lifestyle and magnetic charm. In a daring move to win her over, Hayden proposes a bet: if he loses, he'll be abstinent for a month. But if Amelia loses, she must live in the frat house with him for the same duration. As they navigate the challenges of their wager, the lines between right and wrong blur, and Hayden begins to realize that Amelia might just be his one and only...His Angel. Written/Finished in 2024 Editing right now and re-publishing chapters almost done!

✦ 𝘉𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘖𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘭𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘋𝘶𝘦𝘵 ✦ ✦• - 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐤𝐚𝐲𝐥𝐚 - •✦ New town. New school. Same invisible walls I've always hidden behind. The last thing I expected was Dylan Knight-Banks High's star quarterback and bad boy with a smirk that could ruin lives-locking eyes with me. He wasn't supposed to notice me. He definitely wasn't supposed to want me. But the second he did... It was game over. ✦• - 𝐃𝐲𝐥𝐚𝐧 - •✦ Girls never looked at me like that until I picked up a football. Now they all want something. Except her. She's quiet. Beautiful. Untouchable in a way that drives me insane. She wasn't supposed to matter. But suddenly, she's the only thing that does. And for the first time, I want to break every rule-just for her. •❣•୨୧ 𝙏𝙧𝙤𝙥𝙚𝙨: ୨୧•❣• ✦ small town romance ✦ bad boy quarterback × shy new girl ✦ dual POV ✦ slow burn + secret feelings ✦ soft boy under the bad boy armor

Her life was falling apart... until she inherited a heartbeat that changed everything. When Tess received a heart transplant, she never expected it to tie her to Alexander Howard - the ruthless billionaire CEO mourning his ex-girlfriend. But with every beat of her new heart, Tess felt pulled deeper into his world of power, secrets, and undeniable attraction. Could they overcome the shadows of the past and face the future together, or would the heart they share shatter them both?