A painful breakup pushes Kyla Evans to get into a fake relationship with the person her ex-boyfriend hates the most: Seth Everett. But what will she do when the game starts to feel too real? ***** Seventeen-year-old Kyla has sworn off love. After getting dumped all too suddenly by her longtime boyfriend Cedric, she becomes convinced that people are never really who you think they are. So when notorious playboy Seth Everett suggests that Kyla fake date him to get back at Cedric, it seems like the perfect plan... as long as she doesn't end up falling for him. Content and/or trigger warning: This story mentions cancer, which may be triggering for some readers. [[word count: 150,000-200,000 words]]

Singing, playing the violin, studying like crazy and lastly enjoying the little free time she has with her friends- this is all she needed and all she wanted- a normal life. Kala, an honor student, living in Vienna with her oh- so- happy-family, is always under pressure to be the best, and to preserve the family name. Her past has been filled with gruesome memories, she tries to hide and forget- but there are scars unable to heal on her heart and mind. One night she becomes witness and victim to a murder, and almost loses her life, which was saved by Aaron,- who now owns it.