The Secrets She Protected (Secret Series: Book #1)
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Layla is just a normal highschool senior.
Or that's what she tricked everybody into thinking.
Everybody sees her as the happiest girl in the world with the best family. What they don't see is the truth. Secrets she was forced to protect.
People don't know that it was all an act. That none of it was true. They don't see what happens at home. The secrets she can't have people find out. At any cost. They don't see her having to raise her 2 younger siblings or having to get a part-time job to take care of them.
She puts on a fake smile for everyone. Including her best friend.
She thinks that she will be able to protect her secrets...that is, until her father's best friend's son starts noticing and taking an interest in Layla.
He is willing to help her even if that means finding out her biggest secrets.
Will Layla ever let him in to help her? Or will she keep it all in until she breaks?
Warning: Self-harm, abuse, explicit language, violence, sexual content, and eating disorder (starving, binging, throwing up, and etc.)
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