When Charlotte agrees to fake date bad boy Mason to make her best friend and secret crush, Ben, jealous, she thinks it will be a simple arrangement. The rules are clear and she's certain of her goal: make Ben fall in love with her. So why does it seem like the lines always blur when Mason is around?
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Charlotte Anderson has secretly been in love with her best friend, Ben Hathaway, since childhood, though he's never seen her as anything but the girl next door. After witnessing Ben kissing another girl at a party, a heartbroken Charlotte accidentally admits her crush to notorious bad boy Mason Reed... who also happens to be one of Ben's closest friends. But Mason isn't going to tell Charlotte's secret; instead, he suggests they fake a relationship to make Ben jealous. They create a set of strict rules for the arrangement: no kissing when Ben isn't around, no sex, and no falling in love. But as their fake relationship progresses, and Mason's walls break down, Charlotte finds herself questioning her true feelings for both boys, and wondering if some rules are meant to be broken-especially when it comes to love.
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Cover designed by Gillian Goulet
(This story is a standalone title in the Dependency series)
[[Wattpad Editors Choice: June 2021]]
Mason Steele... Or even better known as The Bad Boy, makes a bet with his best friend. Here are the rules:
1) You must be in a relationship with her for a year.
2) You have to do the dirty with her and show proof.
3) You break her heart
After being with the nerd, also known as Alexis Winter, Mason suddenly changes his feelings after being with the nerd girl and learning about her past.
Alexis Winter, the nerd girl, or the person no one at East Hallow wants to associates with. She doesn't know why her long lifetime friend, Mason, is all of a sudden interested in getting to know her better but goes along with it anyway; not realizing that he is in a bet. After the life she grew up in, she doesn't understand what love is or how it feels to be loved until something happens to her...
Would you like to know what happens to Alexis?
Did Mason complete the bet?
What does Alexis struggle with?
What's going to happen to Mason and Alexis?
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Read to find out more about their story.
Cover art credit goes to @heartlessdarkprince