"That mouth of yours is going to get you in trouble someday," Wayne says, his grey eyes staring straight into my soul, his usual smirk not present.
"How bout you shut me up then," I reply, a cocky smirk on my face
Suddenly, his hand is on my wrists. He flips me around and in a blink of an eye, he has me held in a chokehold
"You were saying..." he says smugly, a cocky smirk on his face
For one, I was tongue-tied
Wynn is a 25 year old lady with a not so lavish past. From her father running of with some bimbo to her mother taking her life, Wynn's life does not seem to get better. That is until she met Wayne
Wayne is a 28 year old FBI agent with a spoilt childhood. His parents , non-existent in his life, he grew up with his stepbrother. Nobody had ever outsmarted him in what he does best, that is until he met Wynn.
Ella is falling apart trying to live a "perfect" high school life. Then she meets Ren, who can see past her scars. Suddenly perfection isn't her only option.
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Ella Volkov is a gifted music student, but she's depressed and starting to crack under the pressure of high school. Her overbearing father won't even let her choose what instrument she plays. Then she finds herself alone at a party with Ren, her best friend's crush. She'd always thought he was rude, but after that night he's all Ella can think about. Now she's trapped. If Ella dates Ren, it will ruin her friendship with Jenny. But if she stays true to Jenny, she's losing the one person who can see past her scars. It's up to Ella to decide if she will forge her own path, or stay in the "perfect" box designed for her...
Content and/or Trigger Warning: depression, anxiety, self-harm, violence, sexual assault.
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