Rule Two: Don't Forget It's Fake

Alexis "Lexie" Carter has a rule: never let them see you sweat. Not when your ex cheats on you with your cousin. Not when your whole family expects you to play it cool at the annual summer reunion. And definitely not when you panic-ask a broody, hoodie-wearing stranger to be your fake boyfriend for the summer just to save face.

Enter Lucca Moretti: quiet, artistic, allergic to small talk-and suddenly very involved in Lexie's life.

All he wants is to be left alone to work on his graphic novel and not get roped into Lexie's sunshine-fueled schemes. But when she offers him cash, snacks, and zero strings attached? Fine. One summer. One fake relationship. How hard can it be?

(Harder than either of them expects.)

Now they're sharing a bedroom. Faking PDA in front of nosy relatives. Swapping made-up stories about how they fell in love. And accidentally learning way too much about each other-including things that feel a little too real.

Like how Lucca secretly sketches her when she's not looking.
Or how Lexie's panic attacks quiet down when he holds her hand.
Or how pretending doesn't feel like pretending anymore.

But fake dating has an expiration date. And when the reunion ends, so does this... whatever this is.

Right?

Because there's one rule neither of them can afford to break: Don't forget it's fake.

Too bad it never really was.