emilyreadz
Chiara Valenti wasn't running away.
She was just trying to start over.
After her parents' divorce, moving from California's heat to a cold town in Washington felt like the only thing left to do. New school, new people, new routines. None of it feels familiar.
She expected the quiet.
She expected the rain.
She didn't expect Grayson Cole.
People warn her about him without ever giving a real reason. He's blunt, too confident for his own good, and always looks like he just rolled out of bed. He's popular, loud when he wants to be, and rude in a way that makes Chiara roll her eyes every time he opens his mouth.
Chiara isn't trying to make friends.
Grayson isn't trying to get close to anyone.
But when her twin brother becomes friends with him, Chiara ends up around Grayson more than she'd like - silent car rides, random comments she didn't ask for, and moments that weren't supposed to mean anything.
Nothing about him matches the rumours.
And nothing about her is what he expected.
It's not a love story.
Not yet.
Just two people trying to figure out a town they never planned to meet in.