In Miami's golden haze, Valeria Bennet insists she's there for childhood friend Oscar, not ex-flame Lando Norris. But when they cross paths, tension flares beneath cool smiles. Later, at a rooftop party, the pull between them is hard to ignore. One moment changes everything. REWRITING (i don't delete any chapters so you can still read everything!) started: september 14th 2025 finished: november 23rd 2025

"𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦. 𝘏𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦." Wren's toxic boyfriend of 2 years is a bad person. 𝘚𝘩𝘰𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘳. They break up for what she hopes is the final time, hopefully. But that also means she's without an apartment. She has no choice than to ask her brother. Sounds great, 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵? Well, no. It's not. Because living with her brother also means living with Holden Bennett. Her least favorite person ever. After being forced to be around him for the last four years her brother has been in college, they've developed a rivalry (at the very least) between one another and cannot stand each other's presence. "I don't like you." "I know." A spicy emotional roller coaster between two enemies.. 𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵. - Book One of the 𝘊𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘢𝘴 𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘳 Series - #1 in enemieswithbenefits 12/12/24 Started: November 12th, 2024 Completed: December 22nd, 2024

I am going to grow wings someday. Lando Norris 𝒙 Fem!Oc © taliaverno 2025