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Book One in The Thats How You Get The Girl Series.
On their first anniversary, Lila Bennett does something terrifying.
She gives Ethan Cole a handwritten letter.
A song she wrote just for him.
And three words she's been holding onto for months:
I love you.
He doesn't say it back.
Not because he doesn't feel it.
But because he's afraid of promising something he might lose.
Silence breaks her heart louder than rejection ever could.
A month later, they're back on campus-sharing classes, hallways, and memories they can't outrun. Determined not to look like the girl who loved harder, Lila starts "dating" charming, easygoing Noah Rivera. Public kisses. His hoodie. Rumors that spread fast.
It works.
Ethan is wrecked.
But jealousy forces him to confront the truth he's been running from: he's been in love with her all along. And this time, he'll have to say it out loud-no matter who's watching.
As pride spirals into hurt, fake relationships blur into real consequences, and both of them push each other too far, one question remains:
Can love survive silence?
Filled with aching tension, best-friend interventions, dramatic misunderstandings, and a rain-soaked public confession that changes everything, "That's How You Get The Girl" is a swoon-worthy college romance about vulnerability, second chances, and learning that the bravest thing you can do is say yes.