登入CHAPTER 122: THE MESSAGECHARLOTTE'S POVI barely slept.Every time I closed my eyes, my mind replayed the same moments.Max sitting on the edge of my bed.Maya pulling away from my hug.Sophie's strange response.None of it made sense.And the more I tried to convince myself that I was imagining things, the more suspicious everything became.By morning, I was exhausted.I reached for my phone before I even got out of bed.No new messages from Sophie.Nothing from Maya.Nothing from Max either.I stared at the screen.Maybe I was making a big deal out of nothing.Maybe everyone was simply busy.I was about to put my phone down when a notification appeared.A message.From Sophie.My heart skipped.I opened it immediately.We need to talk.That was it.Four words.I stared at them.Then another message appeared.Not here.My eyebrows pulled together.What did that mean?I typed quickly.About what?The typing bubble appeared.Disappeared.Appeared again.Then nothing."Sophie?"I sat u
CHAPTER 121: THE DISTANCECHARLOTTE'S POVI should have realized it sooner.I hadn't spoken to Sophie in days.Not since the last time we matched on the dating app.I opened the app while lying on my bed, expecting to see the usual notifications.Instead, I found myself staring at Sophie's profile.Her name was still there.Sophie.My thumb hovered over our messages.Why hadn't I noticed that we hadn't talked?I was about to close the app when another thought crossed my mind.Maybe I was overthinking things.I tossed my phone beside me.A knock sounded on my door.Before I could answer, it opened.Max stepped inside.He looked nervous.That alone made me sit up."Can we talk?"I stared at him."About?""Us."I sighed and moved over, giving him space to sit.Max sat at the edge of the bed, his hands clasped together."I don't want us to keep pretending everything is fine."My stomach tightened."I know I messed up," he continued. "And I'm sorry."I said nothing.He looked at me."I sho
CHAPTER 120: THE DISTANCECHARLOTTE'S POVI should have realized it sooner.I hadn't spoken to Sophie in days.Not since the last time we matched on the dating app.I opened the app while lying on my bed, expecting to see the usual notifications.Instead, I found myself staring at Sophie's profile.Her name was still there.Sophie.My thumb hovered over our messages.Why hadn't I noticed that we hadn't talked?I was about to close the app when another thought crossed my mind.Maybe I was overthinking things.I tossed my phone beside me.A knock sounded on my door.Before I could answer, it opened.Max stepped inside.He looked nervous.That alone made me sit up."Can we talk?"I stared at him."About?""Us."I sighed and moved over, giving him space to sit.Max sat at the edge of the bed, his hands clasped together."I don't want us to keep pretending everything is fine."My stomach tightened."I know I messed up," he continued. "And I'm sorry."I said nothing.He looked at me."I sho
CHAPTER 119: THE MESSAGECHARLOTTE'S POVI woke up to seventeen missed notifications.For one beautiful second, I thought maybe I had slept through an entire day.Then I saw the name at the top of my screen.Austin.My stomach dropped.I hadn't heard from him since I sent that pathetic little maybe we should just be friends message.I'd convinced myself he was ignoring me.Apparently, I was wrong.I opened the chat.Austin: We need to talk.That was it.Four words.Somehow, they made my heart pound harder than any long paragraph could have.I stared at the screen.Then another message appeared.Austin: Not over text.I swallowed.Of course.Because apparently my life had become one giant collection of conversations I didn't want to have.Max wanted another chance.Mom wanted her perfect little family back.Maya wouldn't even tell me why she was angry.Sophie thought everything was fine.And Austin wanted to talk.What could possibly go wrong?I typed.Me: About what?The three dots ap
CHAPTER 118: OKAY WE'RE OVER CHARLOTTE'S POV Dinner was painfully perfect. Mom’s lasagna tasted like guilt and melted cheese. Max played the role flawlessly laughing at her jokes, complimenting the food, asking about my trip while conveniently skipping the part where we’d broken up weeks ago. I smiled until my jaw ached, nodding along like the dutiful daughter and “girlfriend” Mom clearly still believed I was.By the time we cleared the plates, my nerves were shredded. I grabbed Max’s wrist. “Kitchen. Now.”He followed without protest. The second the swinging door closed behind us, I dropped the act.“Drop the whole shit, Max,” I hissed, keeping my voice low. “The babe, the hugs, the perfect-son-in-law performance. What are you doing?”He leaned against the counter, running a hand through his hair. “Your mom reached out. She said you seemed off after the trip and thought seeing me would help. I didn’t correct her because I wanted to talk. For real.”“Talk?” I laughed bitterly. “We b
CHAPTER 117: : OH IT’S THAT KIND OF SPECIALCHARLOTTE’S POV By the time the bus rolled back into town, my entire body felt like mashed potatoes.The good kind, though.Warm and weirdly soft because the past few days had been a lot.Too much.Way too much.My brain was still replaying everything with Austin like a movie marathon I didn’t ask for.Him saying he liked me.Me saying I needed time.Us nearly kissing under the cabin lights like some cheesy Netflix romcom.And now?Now I was going home.To my safe space, to my room, to my bed, to my peace.I practically jumped off the bus with a level of enthusiasm that made Maya laugh.“Why are you smiling like a Disney princess who just got promoted?” she asked.“Home,” I said dramatically, throwing my arms out. “My bed. My shower. My WiFi. My sanity.”Maya nodded. “Valid. Go off, queen.”We grabbed our bags, said bye to everyone, and my mum pulled up right on time.“Sweetheart!” she said, waving out the window like we were in a parade.“
Chapter 4 Charlotte's POV: My online girlfriend She didn’t see me or maybe she did and didn’t recognize me because why would she?I could breathe normally again or sort of. I always thought transfer students were supposed to look confused or maybe holding a map upside down.But the girl walking t
Chapter 3 : knock knock trouble Charlotte's POV Out of all the schools in the world to go to , why did it have to be mine? I started pacing in my room, debating on what exactly I should tell her .“Ohhh, I've heard of that school before. It's a very boring place and nothing exciting happens there
Chapter 2: Am I really into girls?Charlotte's POV I walked out of the class trying to breathe normally.Max had just kissed my forehead and told me to meet him outside later and all I could think was: Thank God he didn't suspect anything. Yes, he did look at my phone for a solid three minutes bu
Chapter One: My Perfect Life Is A lie Charlotte's POV“Mm… ugh…” I moaned as Max kissed my lips down to my neck.“Ow…Ma… Max, I have to get to class now,” I said, pushing his hands away from my breast and pulling my bra in place.“Just one more kiss, Charly”, Max said, grinning as if he had just w







