Toxic Hearts & Tender Lies
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They weren't supposed to fall for each other... but some hearts are too toxic to resist.
Toxic Hearts & Tender Lies
Moving to Orlando was supposed to be Egypt Monroe's fresh start.
New school. New friends. No mistakes.
Then she met Nasir King-Lake Ridge High's golden boy, star of the football team, and every girl's fantasy. He wasn't supposed to notice her... but he did. And now he won't let her go.
He's temptation wrapped in a smile.
She's the one girl he shouldn't want.
But secrets, jealous exes, and whispered lies are waiting to tear them apart.
Because at Lake Ridge High, love is never simple-it's toxic, it's tender...
and it might just destroy them both.
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Letting go of someone who mean so much to you, who changed the person you are now, is immensely difficult. There's no way of sugarcoating it- the mere thought of letting go of the person you've always wanted to be with will make your heart writhe until the darkest of red becomes the palest of white. Though letting go is the only way for you to get your life back on track. An exemplary life is what you ought to have. But what if the one you let go of is the one you should have been with until now? What if that person is the best thing that ever happened to you but you failed to recognize it because you're too focused on getting a better life? Should you go back to him or her, ask for forgiveness and try your very best to become a part of his or her life once again? Or heighten your pride and watch him or her from afar with another person? ••• Make It Through The Lies Written by: Mizz_Azilanna Date started: March 2020 Date finished-------- Note: credits to the rightful owner of the photo.
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