LOGINLena Carter has spent her whole life being invisible the girl people laugh at, ignore, and forget. Derek Hayes is the opposite. Star quarterback. School bad boy. Untouchable. He watched her humiliation once… and did nothing. So when Lena becomes the new live-in babysitter in his mansion, it feels like a cruel joke. At school, he acts like she doesn’t exist. At home, the tension between them is impossible to ignore. Derek should stay away. His father made that clear. His reputation depends on it. But when his possessive ex turns the entire school against Lena—spreading rumors, tearing her apart piece by piece—Derek starts crossing lines he swore he never would. Because the quiet girl everyone underestimated? She’s not as weak as they think. And the deeper Derek falls…the more dangerous the truth becomes. Because Lena isn’t just a mistake he can walk away from, she might be the one who destroys everything. Lena Carter has spent her whole life being invisible—the girl people laugh at, ignore, and forget. Derek Hayes is the opposite. Star quarterback. School bad boy. Untouchable. He watched her humiliation once… and did nothing. So when Lena becomes the new live-in babysitter in his mansion, it feels like a cruel joke. At school, he acts like she doesn’t exist. At home, the tension between them is impossible to ignore. Derek should stay away. His father made that clear. But when his possessive ex turns the entire school against Lena—spreading rumors, tearing her apart piece by piece—Derek starts crossing lines he swore he never would. Because the quiet girl everyone underestimated? She’s not as weak as they think. And the deeper Derek falls…the more dangerous the truth becomes. Because Lena isn’t just a mistake he can walk away from
View MoreLena’s POVI was halfway across the parking lot when shouting from the football field made me stop.At first I ignored it because football practice at Ridgewood sounded violent even on normal days, but then I heard Derek’s name and suddenly everyone started running toward the field like free money had fallen from the sky.My stomach tightened immediately.By the time I got closer, Coach Thompson was yelling, players were crowding around the benches, and Derek was sitting down with blood running from a cut above his eyebrow while the medic argued with him.“I said I’m fine.”“You’re bleeding through your uniform.”“I noticed.”“You probably need stitches.”“I probably need everyone to relax.”Even injured, he sounded irritated instead of concerned, which honestly felt very Derek.Bryan spotted me first and walked over quickly.“You missed the drama,” he said. “Derek punched Carter Mills.”I looked at him. “Why?”Bryan gave me a look. “Because Carter apparently doesn't know what to say
Derek’s POVBy the end of the day, I have officially become Ridgewood High’s favorite topic against my will.Which is saying something considering last month people thought Coach Thompson was secretly having an affair with the cafeteria manager because they were seen buying oranges together at a grocery store.This school survives entirely on delusion and WiFi.The second the final bell rings, my phone starts vibrating like it has developed a personal vendetta against silence.Messages and notificationsFootball group chats exploding.Social media posts already dissecting my “public defense” of Lena like sports commentators analyzing national tragedy.Mason appears beside me while I shove my phone back into my pocket with growing irritation.“You know,” he says thoughtfully, “when people said senior year would be memorable, I do not think they imagined you defending a girl accused of theft like a divorced father in court.”“I hate you.”“No, seriously,” he continues, barely holding ba
Derek’s POVHmmmm….There are very few things more exhausting than walking into Ridgewood High at eight in the morning and immediately sensing chaos before anyone even opens their mouth.Unfortunately, Vanessa Blake has perfected that atmosphere over the years.She does not create scenes loudly anymore because she learned long ago that subtle cruelty survives longer than dramatic cruelty, and the second I spot her near the lockers surrounded by her usual audience of emotionally unemployed cheerleaders, I already know somebody’s day is about to get ruined for entertainment purposes.Then I see Lena.And suddenly the problem becomes predictable.She is standing near her locker quietly adjusting the strap of her bag, expression calm in that careful way she has when she is trying not to attract attention, and for reasons I do not entirely understand, watching her exist like that while people constantly look for ways to tear at her nerves irritates me more every day.Bryan is beside her ta
Derek’s POVHmmmm….There are very few things more exhausting than walking into Ridgewood High at eight in the morning and immediately sensing chaos before anyone even opens their mouth.Unfortunately, Vanessa Blake has perfected that atmosphere over the years.She does not create scenes loudly anymore because she learned long ago that subtle cruelty survives longer than dramatic cruelty, and the second I spot her near the lockers surrounded by her usual audience of emotionally unemployed cheerleaders, I already know somebody’s day is about to get ruined for entertainment purposes.Then I see Lena.And suddenly the problem becomes predictable.She is standing near her locker quietly adjusting the strap of her bag, expression calm in that careful way she has when she is trying not to attract attention, and for reasons I do not entirely understand, watching her exist like that while people constantly look for ways to tear at her nerves irritates me more every day.Bryan is beside her ta
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