t'was was night, the road was wet, luminous cars pass by, i minimize my steps...
sitting at the pavement, i see a silhouette, a tall figure i must say, think not it's somebody i've met
you come and sit with me, i cannot see your face, but the moonlight draws your outline, something i can't figure out, something i can't state
"hey..." the stranger said.
"..."
"wanna go to strawberry field?"
'the beatles huh?' i thought.
"i prefer across the universe, or even out of this universe, i hate this place."
"do you trust me enough to take you there?"
little did they know, they were alike; reckless kids with broken minds, suckers for underrated bands, runners from an unknown to another unknown.
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'he intertwines our fingers whilst wrapping his arm around my waist from behind. his breath fans my neck, lips barely touching my ear, then whispers...
"let me take you down 'cause we're going to strawberry field..."
Henley agrees to pretend to date millionaire Bennett Calloway for a fee, falling in love as she wonders - how is he involved in her brother's false conviction?
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Henley Linden's brother is in jail for a crime he didn't commit, and she'll take any job to raise the money needed to free him. Soon, she's agreed to pretend to date millionaire Bennett Calloway for ten thousand dollars, so his mother will ease up the pressure on him to find a wife. But once Henley is enmeshed in Bennett's world, he falls for her, and she starts to have feelings for him as well. Despite her romance with Bennett, as she grows closer to the Calloways, Henley realizes they are somehow involved in her brother's conviction. Journeying deeper into a world of wealth and conspiracies, Henley is forced to rely on Bennett, though doing so could cost her everything.
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