A companion sequel to Across the Driveway, but can be read as a standalone. Lara Jay has always believed that some things can't be stitched back together. Trust. Family. Love. Jax Ravi was never supposed to become one of them. Ten days before freshman year, one argument destroyed everything they had spent months building. Now they're both starting over at UC Davis. Or at least, they try to. Instead, they discover their apartment doors are directly across the hallway from each other. Close enough to hear every goodbye. Close enough to avoid every hello. Walking away would be easy... ...if they hadn't already signed a contract that forces them to play UC Davis's newest power couple. Smile for the cameras. Hold hands for the brand. Pretend nothing happened in August. But the longer they fake a relationship they already lost, the harder it becomes to ignore the past. Because maybe the hardest part of losing your first love... ...is living twenty feet away from them.

Alya Ravi has always believed in one thing: Logic. -Stick to the plan. -Focus on the future. -Don't get distracted (especially not by people.) Milo Vance has always been: -Her neighbor. -Her brother's best friend. -And somehow-her biggest competition. They weren't always like this. Once, they were just kids across the driveway. Until one moment in freshman year turned everything into a rivalry Alya refuses to lose. But years later, things start to shift. Conversations last a little longer. Silence feels different. And the line between enemies and something else begins to blur. Then Valentine's Day happens. Secrets come out. Trust breaks. And for the first time, Alya finds herself on the outside of everything she thought she understood. Except Milo Vance is still there. And the more time she spends around him, the harder it is to ignore the past-and what it might have actually meant. Because maybe the story between them was never about competition. Maybe it was always about timing. And maybe, after everything- some truths were always waiting right across the driveway. ‐--------------------------------------------------------------- Thank you so much Wise_girl23 for making this amazing cover!!