Nineteen-year-old Millie tries to portray the perfect life to mask the memories of her past. Walking in on her boyfriend with another woman her freshman year in college threatens that picture of perfection. Twenty-one-year-old Finn never wanted college and never expected to amount to anything, but when his mom's dying wish is for him to get his degree, he has no choice but to pretend it's what he wants too. Millie needs a fake boyfriend to get back at her ex and Finn needs cash to take care of his mom, so they strike a deal that helps them both. But what if Millie's past isn't what she thought? Soon they're trading one game for another-losing themselves in each other to forget about their pain. The more they play their game, the more it becomes the only thing they have that feels real. Both Millie and Finn know life is never easy, but neither of them expect the tragedy that threatens to end their game and rip them apart forever.

"𝘿𝙤 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙛𝙪𝙘𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙗𝙖𝙧𝙠 𝙞𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙘𝙖𝙣'𝙩 𝙛𝙪𝙘𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙗𝙞𝙩𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙡." "𝙒𝙖𝙩𝙘𝙝 𝙢𝙚." 𝘼𝙣𝙙 𝙤𝙝 𝙗𝙤𝙮 𝙙𝙞𝙙 𝙨𝙝𝙚 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙝𝙤𝙬 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙞𝙩𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙙.

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A boy with a gaping hole in his heart arrives at a new town. Maybe she can fill it.

not even magic could save her from him. © ava 2020