"You're all bark, no bite," Wyatt said, leaning casually against my bed, that infuriating smirk plastered on his face.
"Say that again," I warned, stepping closer.
"All. Bark," he taunted, his tone dripping with arrogance.
I shoved him, hard. He grabbed my wrist as he fell back, pulling me down with him until I was on top of him, pinning his wrists to the mattress.
"Not so cocky now, huh?" I shot back, breathless.
His smirk didn't falter. "You sure about that?" he said, his voice low. Before I could blink, he flipped us, and suddenly his body was pressed against mine, his face inches from mine.
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After moving back to Colorado for her last year of high school, Tiktok influencer Lana McCormley wanted to focus on keeping her grades up, keeping her circle small and getting past her last year in hell. Sounds relatively easy, right?
Wrong.
Her brothers' childhood best friend, Wyatt Pyne has always been a pain in her ass.
Wyatt doesn't make it any easier. He thrives on getting a rise out of her, constantly testing her limits, but there's something in the way he looks at her now-a flicker of something darker, more dangerous. And the more they clash, the more undeniable the chemistry becomes. They're enemies, sure, but there's a magnetic pull between them that neither can ignore.
As much as they loathe each other, the lines between hate and desire begin to blur. The more they fight, the more they burn for each other, and it's only a matter of time before they give in to what's been simmering beneath the surface all along.
"You just have no idea." His voice was thick with restraint.
"W-what," I breathed.
His gaze flicked to my lips as his thumb stroked again. The calloused pad against my soft flesh sent goosebumps down my arms. His once warm eyes were dark as they lifted and bared into my soul. "What you do to... men." His husky whisper weakened my knees.
I almost fell but his other hand settled on my hip, pulling me closer to him. "What you do to me," he added on a breath. The hand on my jaw shifted. His fingers left trails of tingles as he slipped them back slowly, under my earlobe and into my curls.
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As a young girl, Charlotte Avery's favourite pass time was daydreaming about her Prince Charming: Archer Johnson. She never stopped to consider that Archer was her brother's best friend.. Or that he always appeared severely creeped out by her attention.
On her 16th birthday, Charlotte received a harsh reality check. Realizing just how embarrassing she had been acting, she swore to never make a fool of herself in front of Archer again.
The problem?
She is about to head to college and unfortunately it's the same school where Archer is currently the star quarterback.
Follow Charlotte during her first year at USC as she juggles new experiences, social anxiety, family drama back home, and avoiding Archer.
These are the unintended consequences of an embarrassing childhood crush.
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