✨ 𝐁𝐑𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓 𝐄𝐘𝐄𝐒 (#4, Second Chance Series)

Ariella never saw Mike like a brother; she only loved his goofball personality and flair for creativity. Mike never dreamed that bubbly and fierce Ariella would be interested in him. Once she confesses she's crushed on him for years, Mike staunchly refuses to accept this could be his reality. Is it too late for them to fall in love?

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Mike Morrison spends more than half of his time at his best friend Luke Garrett's house. His emotionally neglectful parents leaves him craving stability, and the Garett's love Mike like their own.

Adorable Mike always has a joke and a serious talent for bringing the imaginative ideas swirling in his head to life with striking sketches.

Luke might be Mike's brother, but Ariella Garrett has never been like Mike's sister. Bubbly and bright, she puts a smile on everybody's face with her cheerful personality and famous baked goods.

As Mike prepares to leave for college, she confesses her feelings for him. She wants to date, but he maintains Ariella is too good for him.

As time passes, he finds his friend harder to resist, but he's certain he will break her heart. Can the two find love before things completely fall apart?

𝐓𝐑𝐎𝐏𝐄𝐒: Redemption, friends to lovers, brother's best friend, found family.

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"You know what?" I demand, spinning on my heel. "Need I remind you of how many times you left me?"

He turns around, his jaw clenched. "We agreed to take time apart and see other people," he says, tears in his eyes.

He wipes his eyes, and his voice breaks "Not fucking fall in love!"

"I waited for you all summer!" I'm so upset I feel like shoving him.

"You stopped responding."

"Because I got sick of begging you to pay attention to me!"

"So you decide to just forget everything we had?"

⚠️ Sexually mature scenes and language.