Alone and caught in the darkness of
her foster home, Lilah is parentless and afraied. Her abusive foster parents and sister, Lilah tryies desperately to hang on to hope that her parents will come back. When she went to a new school, everyone thought she was a freak, all but one, the queen bee`s boyfriend John. Rumors began to spread around school and she`s clueless about who`s starting them. On top of all that, John wants to keep her on the low. "I just don't want you to get hurt, I don't want your sister to start anything because we go out." He says. My heart sank like a ship getting swallowed by a rageing sea. "She's not my sister." I say with tears in my eyes. How dare he call her my sister. A sister doesn't lie on you,and hit you. A sister doesn't tell you to kill yourself because you are nothing. Maybe I am nothing. Maybe im nothing to him. Im just tired of life, tired of myself. Why me?
"You may be his world, but you're the only thing that ever felt like home to me."
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Some people never get second chances. Lilah never thought she'd get one with her brother's best friend.
She's quiet, kind, and inexperienced in love. He's tattoos, a bad reputation, and a trail of girls who never stay. They were once inseparable-until Jackson walked away without a word.
Now, four years later, they're forced back together as reluctant project partners. The boy who once protected her has become cold, distant, and impossible to read. If he hates her, Lilah's determined to hate him right back.
But the more secrets unravel, the harder it becomes to ignore the truth: the line between love and hate is paper-thin. And Jackson is still carrying the one secret that could destroy everything-especially her heart.
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