"So, who do you choose, Gwen?" Luke piped.
"It's totally me, right, Gwendolyn?" Grey growled lustfully.
I stood there withy fists tightened into balls of fury. I felt my face boiling up along with my anger spreading in my chest like a wildfire.
I had enough.
"You shitheads! I've had it up to here with your guy's bullshit!" I threw her stiffened arm in the air to show how much bullshit was too much. "You two asskissers can go fuck off!" Without another word breathed out, I turned around stomped home, ready to punch a wall.
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Gwendolyn Iverson, preferred to be called Gwen, is the typical nerd. Aces all of her honors classes, constantly has her nose in a book, adornes glasses, and is not too social. Her only friend is Kaylee Montgomery, who is just like her, but is more of a social butterfly. And somehow, the two manage to land invites to a house party from Natalie Ponds, the popular Queen Bee.
At the party, they meet the two bad boys of Waterford High School: Grey Holden and Luke Nash. One is known for causing more trouble than his legendary father, while the other is simply the cocky and arrogant star quarterback.
Who knew saying a few words to the bad boys would change your life forever?
After enduring years of neglect and cruelty from her mother and stepfather, Ariana's life changes drastically when tragedy brings her under the guardianship of five brothers she's never met and they never even knew they had a sister.
For her brothers, learning they have a sister is an unwelcome surprise. Suspicious and reluctant, her brothers see Aria as an outsider, a stranger disrupting the fragile balance of their lives.
For Aria, their home is both a new beginning and a constant reminder of the family that left her behind.
Haunted by the pain of her past, Aria struggles to adjust, her every action guarded and her trust hard to earn.
As her brothers try to understand her, they begin to glimpse the scars she hides and the strength she carries. Little by little, resentment turns to empathy, and the walls between them start to crumble. But just as the siblings begin to find common ground, the secrets and trauma of Aria's old life threaten to tear them apart. Together, they must decide whether they can overcome the shadows of the past to forge a family and whether Aria can finally find a place to belong.