Love and Clickbait
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As an up-and-coming social media influencer, Sadie Dwyer has had enough of the expectations thrust upon her and is finally ready to start living life on her own terms. Goodbye cushy corporate finance job, goodbye Los Angeles, and hello fresh start. Sort of. Back in her hometown of Seattle, sure, she has her disapproving parents breathing down her neck, but she's also free to explore what truly makes her happy-creating content and helping others. And it just so happens, her first project is closer than she ever expected.
Rhett Morris hadn't envisioned such a ray of sunshine tenant moving into the apartment above his bar-not when he's still haunted by the dark days of his past-and it's clear from the get go that he and Sadie are complete opposites. Like night and day or oil and water. Does his twin brother care about that though? No, not even a little. Soon enough, Sadie is helping the brothers vamp up their bar's presence on social media, forcing the two to become a regular part of each other's lives.
The more time the two spend together, it's clear the walls they've built up around their hearts begin to fall away. But it's hard to know if the connection between them is real, or if it's just the latest trend.
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β± ββββ.β Ρïз β .ββββ β° "What's that?" she reached up for him, his face in her palm as she examined whatever was there. She pressed on it, and it kind of stung. "Did that hurt?" "Not really," he muttered. "Are you sure?" and he nodded. "It looks a bit swollen. It might've come from when you hit the ground or, something... I don't even know. It's just a small bruise, though, so I guess it's okay?" "Thanks, Doctor," he teased, and she pouted, the warmth of her skin leaving as she settled back into her seat. "How is it my fault you like to fight?" She crossed her arms in front of her chest, and he fully leaned in. His hand was no longer on the edge of the back cushions; rather, it had moved to her thigh. "How is it my fault you look good tonight?" he whispered in her ear. "Girls like you make me love to fight." βπβΛβΉβ‘ After leaving his short-term relationship with his next-door neighbour, Grey scrambles to find the remaining pieces of the largest puzzle that he was born into: his life- only to trample over a tiny, tiny thing. It was a misstep, really... he'd never meant to stumble into her that day. Now he did, he could never let her go. After moving to a new place in her new town of Hazelwood Heights, July came to find new connections and new beginnings... She didn't intend to make the school's bad boy her friend, or her boyfriend, God forbid. But the tides were quickly changing in their newfound friendship, and through good or for worse, through thick and thin, they'd go through it together, right? β± ββββ.β Ρïз β .ββββ β° BEST RANKS! (So far) #2 in #bittersweet #1 in #newauthor #77 in #fiction #233 in #mysterious ββΉ TW: mentions of: CA, possible CA resulting in death, abuse, stalking, SA, murder, death of a parent, grief, spousal abuse, violence, mental disorders... First draft β
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