A Facade of You (Completed)
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After a tragic car accident claims her mother's life, Lara Crawford's world shatters. The final blow comes from her grieving father, who looks at her-the spitting image of her mother-and can only see his loss. He calls her a curse, blaming her for surviving. Desperate to win back his love, Lara makes a drastic decision: if she can't look like his daughter, she'll become his son.
She cuts her hair, binds her chest, and becomes Laren Crawford, a quiet, boyish freshman heading to Westwood University. Only her best friend knows the truth. Her plan is simple: live as a guy, stay invisible, and maybe her father will finally look at her without hatred.
But her carefully constructed world is thrown into chaos when she meets her roommate: Dean Collins, the university's charming, popular, and notoriously perceptive golden boy. Living in close quarters, Laren's secret is a constant ticking time bomb. Dean is determined to break through his mysterious roommate's walls, and the more he tries, the more Laren finds herself dangerously drawn to him.
Now, she's trapped in her own lie.
She can't tell him the truth without destroying everything.
But she can't stop herself from falling for him.
In a world where everyone sees the boy she invented, can she find the courage to let someone love the girl she truly is?
Start: 27/3/2025
End: 6/9/2025
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