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PLAYGROUND PRETEND

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It's a tale as old as time: two people want their exes back, and fate throws them into each other's path.

Millie Moon's heart shatters when she sees her previously long-time boyfriend-now her ex-with another girl at a party. In a desperate attempt to save face, she does what anyone totally sensible would do; she kisses someone else, her friend. When that doesn't work, she kisses another, a stranger. This time, it worked.

But what started as a silly and petty move that she was sure was just going to be an anecdote from the past, spirals out of control when said stranger is moving right next door; Arkin Crawford.

Could it get any worse? Absolutely. Millie soon discovers that the after-school extra credit she signed up for a few times a week isn't just any gig-she's now the new piano teacher for none other than Arkin's snobby little sister.All Rights Reserved

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