" 𝙞 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙠 𝙞'𝙢 𝙛𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙣 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚, 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚 𝙞 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙠 𝙞𝙩'𝙨 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙡 " + 𝙀𝙙𝙙𝙞𝙚'𝙨 𝙗𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙝 𝙝𝙞𝙩𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙨. 𝙃𝙚'𝙨 𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙪𝙥 𝙖𝙩 𝙍𝙞𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙚 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙖 𝙘𝙪𝙧𝙞𝙤𝙪𝙨 𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙡𝙙, 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙡𝙚𝙩𝙚𝙡𝙮 𝙘𝙖𝙥𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙞𝙣 𝙍𝙞𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙚'𝙨 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙙𝙨. 𝙍𝙞𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙚 𝙨𝙢𝙞𝙧𝙠𝙨. 𝙃𝙚 𝙗𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨 𝙖 𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙪𝙥 𝙩𝙤 𝙀𝙙𝙙𝙞𝙚'𝙨 𝙝𝙖𝙞𝙧, 𝙛𝙞𝙭𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙪𝙧𝙡𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙙𝙧𝙤𝙤𝙥𝙚𝙙 𝙙𝙤𝙬𝙣. "𝙄 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙠 𝙮𝙤𝙪'𝙙 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙚, 𝙀𝙙𝙨. 𝙔𝙤𝙪'𝙙 𝙙𝙚𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙚𝙡𝙮 𝙗𝙚 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙨𝙪𝙗𝙢𝙞𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙫𝙚," 𝙃𝙚 𝙗𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨 𝙖 𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙀𝙙𝙙𝙞𝙚'𝙨 𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙚𝙠, 𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙧𝙪𝙗𝙗𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙤𝙛𝙩 𝙨𝙠𝙞𝙣. "𝙔𝙚𝙖𝙝. 𝙄 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙠 𝙮𝙤𝙪'𝙙 𝙡𝙚𝙩 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙙𝙤 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙮𝙤𝙪," 𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙖𝙮𝙨 𝙡𝙤𝙬𝙡𝙮. "𝙔𝙤𝙪'𝙙 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙗𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙮 𝙗𝙚𝙜 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙞𝙩, 𝙩𝙤𝙤. 𝙄 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙨𝙚𝙚 𝙞𝙩, 𝙗𝙖𝙗𝙮. 𝙔𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙞𝙣𝙣𝙤𝙘𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙛𝙪𝙘𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙚𝙮𝙚𝙨, 𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙨𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙡𝙞𝙥𝙨 𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙮 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙨𝙥𝙞

... and right when he finished the last syllable to the last word, she smiled. Ethan Nestor doesn't understand the realms of relationships, maybe never will. So when a particular brunette catches his eye at a party, he can't seem to forget the way she made him feel. Because the feeling was foreign, different, and incredibly spontaneous. And that's all it took, just one smile for him to forget everything.

When Alexis agrees to help the school's player, she must guard the secret that could unravel everything - even as unexpected feelings complicate the game. *** What happens when Alexis Dawson, the 'resident loser' of Redwood High, agrees to help the school's notorious player, Aaron Walker? How can she stop herself from falling for him? It isn't all love and romance - Alexis has a secret of her own. Join them on a journey of jealousy, betrayal, trust, friendship, and love. A little favour just got a whole lot more complicated. *** He was so close, his breath hit my lips. His eyes darted from my eyes to my lips. I stared intently, awaiting his next move. His lips fell near my ear. "Shut up and kiss me" He whispered roughly. A chill shot up my spine. I pulled back, staring at his eyes and leaned in...

Who could love me? I'm out of my mind. He was at the climax of his journey and swimming with triumph with his wife right by his side. "We did it." He asserted, not knowing of the imminent downfall to come. For he had been blinded, so blinded in fact that he couldn't predict just how far he was going to fall. Her life had been grey with all colour sucked out and destroyed leaving her a mess of monotone. And to bring this story to an abrupt end, she had grown used to it. She didn't know any different and the line between right and wrong appeared significantly more faded. As her world was splashed with colour and her eyes opened to the possibilities surrounding her, his began to fade, returning to the black and white he thought he had escaped long ago. Up against challenges only the strongest of relationships can withstand, previously unexpected confrontations that may force a bond that seemed ever so unlikely. *A collaboration with the amazingly talented DarkHighness