Makena Kindell has had a rough start in life. She was thrilled to finally escape the guy who loved to humiliate her, making her high school experience a living hell. While at work, she encounters her former bully, which leaves her upset. However, she continues with her life. A few days later, Makena receives a text from her boyfriend with details about a hotel room, date, and time, and she becomes excited. She loves a good surprise.
Minutes later, he texted her again, telling her it was a team celebration for winning a project proposal. Despite being disappointed, she showed up anyway to surprise him. Unfortunately, as she walked towards the room, she saw her boyfriend entering the room with another woman hanging onto his arm. As her boyfriend turned and looked down the hall, Makena panicked and reached out and pulled a guy standing behind her into a passionate kiss. She did this to avoid being caught by her boyfriend. As it turns out, the guy she kissed was both her high school bully and the woman's fiancé.
Now suddenly, Makena is caught up in a whirlwind of events full of emotion, revenge, and steamy romance with the last guy she thought about falling for.
Same two characters, completely reimagined storyline. Enjoy how the story of Jesse and Makena unfolds...
BOOK 1 in the Drowning/Bully Standalone Series.
WARNING: This book contains intense bullying, explicit scenes, triggering language, violence, and psychological content.
I told Caden to cancel his stupid party.
He told me, with that infuriating smirk, "Why? Planning to be my snack tonight?"
Caden has made my life hell for four years, ever since our parents got married.
He's gorgeous, arrogant, and the kind of boy Stanford girls trip over themselves for.
Me? I'm the only one who sees right through him.
He's a blatant bully, the devil who turned me into a surreptitious one.
And now we're stuck sharing the same off-campus apartment for our entire freshman year.
Living together means new rules, no boundaries... and a tension I never expected.
The closer we get, the harder it becomes to remember why we ever hated each other in the first place-
and nothing threatens our pride more than that.
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Step into an adventure of passion, forgiveness, and second chances.
This is Caden and Madison's story.