"I now know how friends of famous authors of dirty books feel," Allie said distastefully, moving slightly away from me.
"What?" I looked at her expectantly, excited to hear my very first compliment from a reader, in real life.
"Embarrassed. Ashamed. Disgusted," she spat.
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Mel has a little secret that no one, except her best friend Allie knows of: online, she is actually the famous Wattpad identity "M. Lily", author of several steamy romance novels, which are, well, mostly about her wild fantasies involving her and her real life love interest, Dylan Ryder.
Offline, however, she's just a plain Jane that most people would easily forget - heck, even her name is plain.
No one would expect Mel to ever cross paths with the school's soccer star Dylan. No one would expect Dylan to discover her secret identity. And no one would expect - Mel wouldn't even want - Dylan to find out himself (to his utmost horror) that he played the main part in 99% of this "stranger"'s popular steamy romance novels...
"Maybe you should tone down on the steaminess a little" definitely sounds like the worst advice to give to resolve this awkward situation.
*DISCLAIMER*
this is an extremely pure & innocent book - there is no steamy romance between the real Dylan and Mel throughout the book! :) details of steamy scenes in Mel's novels are also kept minimal