Athena Jen Lancaster is just an average but hopeless romantic girl. She is just a smart but cheerful student, an awesome writer, a good daughter to his father, and a kind sibling to her step-sister. But despite her good personality, she was dumped three times by her crushes. Because of that, she made a code that she will never love again. However, one day she broke that pact when she meets a man she never met in person.
Theodore Nathan Collins never believed in love. Because of the separation of his parents when he was young, he never attempts to court a girl nor did have a crush on one. He doesn’t have any girl friends. He has everything a teenage boy wants—loyal friends, a cool brother, even a normal life. He holds a conviction that a serious liaison with a girl is equal to tears and sadness. That is until he met a girl he didn’t know in real life. And he realizes that his life is changed forever.
Have you been fell in-love? Is it your best friend? Your classmate? Your idol? A famous singer in a boy-band? A fictional character? Or with a person you never met in person? If yes, good. If no, good. My next question: does the person you fell with already have someone waiting for him or her?
We never know why we fall in-love with the person you never expected to fall with whether he or she is single or not. Mysterious? That’s the word. Love is mysterious, because it gives the inspiration you never have, the feeling you never felt before, and the wound you never imagine to have deep in your heart. This story will tell you that love comes in mysterious ways.
Ella is falling apart trying to live a "perfect" high school life. Then she meets Ren, who can see past her scars. Suddenly perfection isn't her only option.
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Ella Volkov is a gifted music student, but she's depressed and starting to crack under the pressure of high school. Her overbearing father won't even let her choose what instrument she plays. Then she finds herself alone at a party with Ren, her best friend's crush. She'd always thought he was rude, but after that night he's all Ella can think about. Now she's trapped. If Ella dates Ren, it will ruin her friendship with Jenny. But if she stays true to Jenny, she's losing the one person who can see past her scars. It's up to Ella to decide if she will forge her own path, or stay in the "perfect" box designed for her...
Content and/or Trigger Warning: depression, anxiety, self-harm, violence, sexual assault.
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