Touchdown to my Heart

"You and I, we need something from each other now, dweebus." Kieran said.

"I don't actually like you, I just said that to get Tyler angry. You know that, right?"

He nodded, a sharp, almost impatient jerk of his head. "Obviously. I know you don't like me. But now... now I know what you want."

"You lost me."

"Well, for starters, you want my cousin to regret everything, to absolutely burn with it. And telling him you liked me? That already pissed him off enough, he's an egomaniac." He paused, a strange, excited glint in his eye. "And I need a girl to impress my family, to charm them, to them to stop breathing down my neck. It's simple, Camila-"

"You're not suggesting-"

Kieran grabbed my hands and put on the most desperate expression I've ever seen on his face. And then he said exactly what I was thinking.

"Yes, Camila. You're going to be my girlfriend."

Excuse me?

"Kieran-"

"Tyler is going to want you more if you're with me," he cuts in smoothly. "And that's what you want, isn't it?"

What the hell?

* * *

Camila Ramirez is just trying to survive her last year at USC and finally earn her degree. She's spent the past three years hopelessly in love with Tyler Smith-the kind of boy everyone loves, the kind of boy she thought she understood.

Until one night, she overhears and walks in on something that shatters everything.

Now, she wants one thing: revenge.

Kieran Smith, captain of the USC Trojans football team, has been watching from the sidelines. Quiet, controlled, and impossible to ignore, he sees an opportunity where Camila sees heartbreak.

A fake relationship could solve both their problems.

For Camila, it's a chance to make Tyler regret everything.

For Kieran, it's a way to convince his demanding father that he's finally taking life-and his future-seriously. And maybe to get back at his idiot cousin, Tyler

It's simple. It's strategic. It's temporary.

But fake dating is supposed to be easy.

Right?