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At Rutherford Academy, power, prestige, and perfection rule - and Asher Kingston has always looked like he was made for all three. Head Boy, football star, effortlessly composed, he's the kind of guy people assume has everything under control.
He doesn't.
When threatening messages from his ex start crossing a line he can't ignore, Asher finds himself needing something he's never really had before: help.
Specifically, a fake girlfriend convincing enough to make it all stop.
Vivian Romano is the last person he should ask, and somehow the only one he can. Head Girl, soft spoken but quietly strong, and the kind of person people trust without really knowing why, Vivian has spent years keeping things steady, simple, and far away from unnecessary drama.
Agreeing to fake date Asher Kingston definitely counts as unnecessary drama.
She says yes anyway.
The rules are clear: it's temporary, it's pretend, and it stays uncomplicated.
But between early morning routines that turn into shared walks, whispered conversations that last a little too long, and meeting versions of each other that no one else seems to notice, the line between real and fake starts to blur in the most inconvenient way.
Because it turns out the hardest part isn't pretending to be together.
It's figuring out when it stopped feeling like pretending at all.