Strategically, Yours
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Last published Thu, May 15, 2025
Isabella Harrington has a plan. A long-term, carefully structured, romantically delusional plan-and his name is Elliot James. He's sweet, focused, golden retriever-coded, and completely unaware of her existence. Perfect boyfriend material, according to every Pinterest board she's never admitted to making.
Enter Archer Hart: broody hockey god, professional playboy, and the guy she definitely didn't have a one-night stand with freshman year and then pretend didn't exist. Now, thanks to one very drunk party, they're in a "mutually beneficial agreement" to fake date-her, to get Elliot's attention; him, to stay academically eligible and screw with literally everyone.
But somewhere between the act, the late-night study sessions, and the jealous stares Archer insists aren't, Isabella's perfect plan starts to fall apart. Because Elliot still checks every box.
But Archer... sets them all on fire.
But still, she is his. For now. Strategically.
She's his until-he's-hers.
This is:
Strategically, yours
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