LOGIN“And what does that have to do with me?” I frowned. Ace Hunter didn't even blink. “You're going to save my Boxing career.” I laughed. “Excuse me?” “You're the only genius on this campus who can drag my grades out of the gutter.” He folded his arms. “And in return, I'll help you get over my brother.” My heart skipped. “What?” “I'll fake date you.” I stared at him like he'd completely lost his mind. “The rumors will spread. Brooks will watch the girl he's always taken for granted become someone else's. He'll finally see you as a woman instead of his kid sister.” His lips curved into a dangerous smile. “And while we're at it, I'll keep my GPA high enough to stay captain of the hockey team.” “You're insane.” “Maybe. But I'm also your best shot.” ... For three years, I loved my childhood best friend in silence. The night I finally gathered the courage to confess, he introduced me to his fiancée instead. Humiliated and heartbroken, I accepted the most ridiculous deal on campus. Tutor Ace Hunter—the university's arrogant Boxing Champion, who's one failed class away from losing everything—and pretend to be his girlfriend for six months. The rules were simple. No strings attached. No real kisses. And absolutely no falling in love. But fake relationships have a dangerous way of feeling real. Especially when the boy I thought I'd never stop loving suddenly decides he wants me back. Now I'm trapped between two brothers, and a fake relationship that's beginning to feel like the only real thing in my life.
View MoreAce's POVThe forest didn't look like anything I recognized. It was thick and dark, the kind of dark that swallowed sound instead of just blocking light. I was walking, though I couldn't remember starting to walk, couldn't remember why my feet kept moving through mud that pulled at my shoes with every step.“Hello?”My own voice sounded wrong out here, small, swallowed up by trees that stretched too high to see the tops of. I turned in a slow circle, trying to find a direction that looked more familiar than any other, and found nothing. Just trees. Just dark.Then I heard a low, guttural sound, closer than I wanted to think about. I froze.A shape moved between the trees to my left, and then another, low to the ground, quick, the kind of quick that didn't belong to anything I wanted to meet out here alone. It took a full second for my brain to catch up to what my eyes were seeing.Dogs. Except they weren't dogs. These were too big and too lean, eyes catching some light source I couldn
Summer's POVI made it to the library a few minutes before four, claimed our usual table in the back corner, and had my books stacked and ready by the time Ace strolled in, bag slung over one shoulder like he had nowhere better to be."You're early," he said, dropping into the seat across from me.He smirked and pulled his textbook out, and for about four minutes, it actually looked like we might get somewhere. Then someone at the next table whispered something that wasn't nearly as quiet as they thought it was, and three heads turned our way at once.I tried to ignore it. I really did. But it kept happening, in waves, a group of girls near the periodicals section who kept sneaking glances and giggling behind their hands, a couple of guys from the team who'd apparently decided our table was more interesting than their own assignment, someone's phone camera angled a little too obviously in our direction, and something in me curled up small under all that attention, tired of being looke
Summer's POV"Congratulations, you two." Taylor's voice was all warmth on the surface, but looked like it was wrapped around something sharp underneath. Brooks stood a step behind her, quiet, his jaw tight in a way I recognized but couldn't place."Thanks," Ace said, unbothered, an arm still slung loosely along the back of the booth behind me."I just have to say, I never pegged you as the settling down type, Ace." Taylor's smile widened, and her eyes flicked briefly to me, assessing, before landing back on him. "It's sweet, really. Though I have to admit, I'm surprised. I always thought if you ever did date someone, it'd be someone a little more..." she trailed off delicately, like she hadn't already finished the sentence in her head, "...polished."The word landed exactly where she meant it to. I kept my face still, the way I'd learned to over three years of standing next to people who talked about me like I wasn't there."We done here?" Ace's voice had cooled several degrees, flat
Summer's POVI turned, bracing myself for Taylor to be attached to his side like usual, but it was just Brooks, hands in his pockets, that familiar easy smile already tugging at his mouth."Hey," he said, falling into step beside me like we did this every day. "I've been trying to get a hold of you.""Sorry, things have been busy.""You never replied to my text. The one about the engagement party." He tilted his head, studying me the way he'd studied me a thousand times before, like I was a puzzle he already knew the answer to. "I figured you forgot.""I thought I did reply," I lied, smooth enough that it barely stung on the way out. "My bad. Of course I'll help. You know I'm good at this stuff.""The best." He grinned, relieved, and something in my chest twisted at how easy it was for him, how none of this cost him anything at all."Come grab lunch with me? Taylor's stuck in the library working on notes for our class, so I'm free. We can start talking about colors, venues, whatever i












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