Life cannot treat Alexia Grey any better. She has amazing family and friends and gets perfect scores. She is destined for great things. She has envisioned a life with her boyfriend, for whom she has sacrificed her entry to the state's best university. But fate has other plans. The perfect future she has pictured shatters into pieces one fateful day. Alexia Grey is a happy-go-lucky girl who has been dumped by her high school sweetheart. Things get more unbearable when it becomes the talk of the town. People either give her looks of pity or laugh at her. Left without a choice, she leaves for the city to start afresh. In New York City, she meets the cold and aloof Matteo Knight, whose mysterious vibe draws her towards him. Matteo is an introvert with great ambition. To achieve his lifetime goal of becoming a famous doctor, he refuses to get distracted by anything. As a result, he has grown distant from everyone around him. Enter Alexia Grey who has now become his neighbour. What kind of sparks will fly between a boy who is driven by his desire for success and a girl who wants a fresh start in life? *** [Open Novella Contest 2020] Prompt #61: After being jilted, you move to the city to hide your embarrassment, lick your wounds and start afresh. Started: 8 February 2020 Completed: 4 May 2020

❝A love letter a day, keeps a smile on your face.❞ -Anonymous ⧫⧫⧫⧫⧫⧫⧫⧫ Nerdy, seventeen-year-old, Cassie Rockdale has been receiving anonymous love letters in her locker, everyday, ever since she entered her junior year of high school. Without knowing who they are written from she keeps them safely hidden away in her side drawer as comfort after a rough day. Now entering her senior year, Cassie is determined to figure out who the anonymous writer is and why the love letters are given to her daily. With the help of a certain bad boy, an overly bubbly best friend and an over-protective older brother, Cassie is ready to receive answers to all of her questions. © Eden Reed 2019. All rights reserved.