When Charlotte agrees to fake date bad boy Mason to make her best friend and secret crush, Ben, jealous, she thinks it will be a simple arrangement. The rules are clear and she's certain of her goal: make Ben fall in love with her. So why does it seem like the lines always blur when Mason is around? *** Charlotte Anderson has secretly been in love with her best friend, Ben Hathaway, since childhood, though he's never seen her as anything but the girl next door. After witnessing Ben kissing another girl at a party, a heartbroken Charlotte accidentally admits her crush to notorious bad boy Mason Reed... who also happens to be one of Ben's closest friends. But Mason isn't going to tell Charlotte's secret; instead, he suggests they fake a relationship to make Ben jealous. They create a set of strict rules for the arrangement: no kissing when Ben isn't around, no sex, and no falling in love. But as their fake relationship progresses, and Mason's walls break down, Charlotte finds herself questioning her true feelings for both boys, and wondering if some rules are meant to be broken-especially when it comes to love. [[word count: 100,000 - 150,000]] Cover designed by Gillian Goulet (This story is a standalone title in the Dependency series) [[Wattpad Editors Choice: June 2021]]

Katie Holmes is a caffeine addict. Between college, and taking care of her brother, it's acceptable. Though, it doesn't help that the cafe down the street is full of handsome baristas, including one William Cerak in particular who has a mysterious scar on his wrist. Synopses will be the death of my publishing career.

❝LOVE PLANTED A ROSE, AND THE WORLD TURNED SWEET.❞ - Thomas Sands is a Fine Arts graduate working in The Attic, a cosy coffee shop along Parkview Boulevard, in order to earn money for painting materials for his freelance work. Though he works as a cashier in the usually busy coffee shop, he still dedicates most of his time creating art by doodling on to-go cups. When Cara Roberts, a Creative Writing student in Uni, stumbled into the coffee shop one Monday morning in a rush, with her books falling onto the floor and her hair quite a mess from the fierce wind, Thomas hastened to offer help. Then her hazel eyes met his blue, and Thomas never stopped thinking about her since. [ book one of the meet cute series ! ]