MasukKyle Bennett has everything: the family name, the inheritance, and the perfect reputation as the university’s Student Body President. But under the shadow of his controlling father and a persistent ex-girlfriend he can’t shake, Kyle is suffocating. To keep his image intact and the pressure at bay, he needs a distraction, someone to play the part of a devoted partner. Enter Finn Parker. A focused nursing student with a sharp tongue and a practical head on his shoulders, Finn isn't interested in the elite world of the "Golden Boy." But the tuition for his degree is piling up, and when Kyle offers a transactional contract to fake a relationship for a semester, the money is too good to pass up. The rules are simple: no feelings, no personal baggage, and absolutely no honesty. But as the lines between their scripted dates and their private moments start to blur, the "Perfect Bennett" begins to crack. When the lie finally explodes in a public scandal, Kyle is forced to choose between his father’s millions and the boy who saw through his mask.
Lihat lebih banyakJe me force pour ne pas pleurer, ma gorge est nouée, mon estomac est retourné.
J'attrape le stylo posé à côté de la feuille qui va définir tout mon avenir. Si je signe, ma famille est en sécurité, et je sacrifierai mon avenir. Si je ne signe pas, j'aurais une vie comme toutes les autres, mais ma famille sera menacée.Cet homme est vraiment diabolique.
Ça fait des décennies que nos familles sont ennemies, je vais prendre son nom, faire des enfants qui auront son nom, coucher avec un homme dont je ne suis pas amoureuse, que je ne connais pas.
C'est ma soeur qui devait être à ma place, il y a deux ans. Mais bien sûr il a dit qu'il attendrai encore deux ans pour se marier, deux ans plus tard j'ai dix-huit ans.
Je me demande si tout était calculé ? Bien sûr que ça l'étais. Mon père m'a mit en garde contre lui, il peut être très malin et mesquin. Il sait très bien ce qui m'attend.
Ce soir je ne vais pas rentrer chez moi, je ne vais pas retrouver mon lit.
Non.
Je serais entrain de remplir les désirs sexuels d'un homme que je ne connais pas. J'essaie de me rassurer, mais c'est un homme qui va avoir sa nuit de noce, bien sûr qu'il ne va pas attendre. Pourquoi il n'a pas choisi ma soeur, c'était elle qui était destinée à ça, pas moi, ce n'était pas cet avenir dont je révais.
Mais évidemment, avec cette famille il faut s'attendre à tout, j'ai toujours été la rejetée, celle qui n'avait pas sa place dans cette famille, exclue partout où j'allais, à l'écart dans chaque groupe.Je ne suis pas faite pour être sa femme, je ne suis pas faite pour ça. Donc pourquoi il m'a choisi moi bordel ?
- Emma.
Je relève la tête vers mon paternel, mon futur mari est assit à mes côtés.
- Il faut que tu signes, on a d'autres choses à faire ma fille.
Je déglutis et tourne la tête vers lui, aucune émotion apparente sur son visage. Ses pupilles vertes restent ancrées dans les miennes. Vides d'émotions.
Mais tout d'un coup, il détourne le regard et se tourne vers nos familles.
- Vous pouvez sortir un instant ?
Ils s'éxecutent, me laissant toute seule avec lui. Il tourne ma chaise vers lui et coince mes jambes entre les siennes.
- Je sais que tu ne veux pas de moi comme mari, et que ce n'était pas prévu, que tu es encore jeune et terrifiée, je le conçois. Mais il faut que tu signes ces papiers, pour le bien de ta famille.
- Si tu le concevais vraiment tu n'obligerai pas mon père à marier l'une de ses filles avec toi. Dis-je froidement. Marie-toi avec Malia, pas avec moi. Elle est beaucoup plus compétente et c'est avec elle que tu devais aller.
- Ce n'est pas Malia que je veux.
- Elle est faite pour ça.
- Je m'en fou, ce n'est pas elle que je veux. Dit-il plus sévèrement. Signe ces papiers Emma, tu sais que tu n'as pas le choix de toute façon.
Je retire ses mains de mes jambes et prends une grande inspiration.
La mine de mon stylo touche le papier, je me force à signer.
Me voilà mariée au mafieux le plus dangereux d'Italie.
Knowing the peace wouldn't last, my anxiety spiked at 7:00 PM while sitting at my desk to memorize the cranial nerves for the third time just as my phone started vibrating against the wood.There was no need to look at the screen to know who was calling because the aggressive, sustained, and demanding vibration pattern made it obvious that it was the Queen Mother.Staring at the phone felt like looking at a bomb that had just ticked down to zero since ignoring the call meant she would immediately ring Sarah. If Sarah didn't answer, she would dial the campus police, and if they ignored her, she would probably drive down here herself armed with a casserole and a battering ram.Taking a deep breath and muttering a prayer to the god of patience was the only preparation before swiping to answer."Hi, Mo.....""Finnian James Parker!"Her voice was so incredibly loud that the phone had to be held at least six inches away from my ear."Why," she continued, without pausing for breath, "am I fi
The metrics were beautiful.Sitting on a bench outside the Life Sciences building, scrolling through the analytics on my phone revealed that in the twelve hours since posting the photo of the soda cups, engagement was up 45%. The comments were 90% positive, 5% confused, and 5% trolls, which was a noticeably better ratio than the campaign for Student Body President.However, the most important statistic wasn't a number but rather a single view.Vanessa_L had viewed the story three minutes after it went live.She hadn’t liked it, commented, or texted to hurl accusations of lying. That silence was golden because it meant she was stewing and wondering if she had misjudged everything, perhaps realizing her assumption of a safe and predictable robot was entirely wrong.Mission accomplished, the thought crossed my mind while closing the app to signify Phase One was complete.Now it was time for Phase Two: Maintenance.A quick glance at the watch showed 10:50 AM, meaning Finn’s Anatomy lectur
Waking up brought the distinct feeling of having committed a felony, especially since the morning light was streaming aggressively through the gap in my curtains to hit me right in the eye. Groaning and rolling over allowed me to bury my face in my pillow with the desperate hope that staying there long enough would turn yesterday into a fever dream induced by too much caffeine and stress.Perhaps the trip to the library had never happened, and meeting Kyle Bennett was just an illusion rather than a reality, where he dragged me to a party and held me like a prized possession in front of his ex-girlfriend.Reaching for the phone on the nightstand to check the time caused the screen to light up, and it just kept lighting up with a barrage of notifications.Instagram: 99+ new followers.
Finn obeyed instantly by burying his face in my shoulder to hide from the world, and it looked incredibly intimate because to anyone watching, he appeared shy while I acted as his safe harbor.Vanessa pushed off the wall and started walking toward us with Travis trailing behind her looking completely bored."Showtime," I whispered before stopping in my tracks and planting my feet firmly. Pulling Finn around meant he was standing directly in front of me with my chest pressed against his back and my arms loosely circling him to create a possessive stance that clearly claimed him.Vanessa stopped three feet away and immediately crossed her arms."Well," she said, her voice dripping with ice. "You weren't kidding.""I don't kid about my dating life, Van," I said coolly.












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