Love Me Not

Deep in the lush forests of Massachusetts sits Mercy Manor - an old mansion refurbished into a private school for the wealthiest kids in the country. It's a place where the "bad kids" go, designed to rehabilitate their delinquent behavior while still offering them the chance of pursuing an advanced education.

When Esme, a girl who's lived in boarding schools all her life, is suddenly enrolled at the seclusive Mercy Manor - she finds herself thrown into a world entirely different from the one she once knew. Surrounded by entitled, arrogant rich kids, demanding schoolwork, and the trauma of her troubled past, Esme already begins to struggle with her new life at Mercy Manor. But when she's forced to move into an apartment across the hall from Jack Austen, the wealthiest and most arrogant boy at school, her struggles double.

Will Jack and Esme learn to set aside their differences and find friendship, and possibly even love, in a world where they're constantly pitted against each other? Read chapter by chapter, as they come to find out.

*Previously titled "Across the Hall."*

*Content Warning: Smut, substance abuse, mental illness, and profanity are present in this story. Readers discretion advised.*

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'Love Me Not' is protected under Copyright, and the entirety of this story belongs solely to the author - Aurora Menzil. Please do not copy or paste this work onto any other platform, including Wattpad, (or in any other material form), unless given explicit permission to do so by the original author. This work is fictitious and 100% original. AI was not used in any capacity to write this story. Any resemblance to any other works, or people/places/events, are purely coincidental. Thank you!

[Cover art made by Aurora Menzil - courtesy of Pinterest (layout), Procreate (redraw), Adobe Lightroom (colorgrading), and Canva (text)]