Mag-log inSophie Hale, a quiet scholarship student, and Adrian Cole, the campus sports king, wake up married after a night they cannot remember. Determined to erase the mistake, they agree to keep it secret, but mysterious messages begin to surface, forcing them back together and pulling them into a hidden game. As tension builds, emotions shift, and truths unravel; including a deadly connection between their families,what began as a mistake turns into a dangerous conflict of power, betrayal, and love.
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My entire body froze as I slowly turned my head and nearly died on the spot.
The most famous boy in school;the untouchable football king,was sleeping right beside me.
Adrian Cole.
And he was shirtless, that was because I was wearing it.
My brain short-circuited instantly, but then I looked down at myself and things got worse. Panic rushed through me, and I quickly grabbed the duvet, lifting it just enough to peek underneath.
Oh my God...
I was in my panties.
“Oh my God!”
I shot out of bed so fast the duvet tangled around my legs. I stumbled and immediately slipped. My arms flew out as I crashed into a table, hugging it for balance while papers scattered everywhere. I grabbed the curtain to stop myself from falling, but that only made things worse. The entire curtain came down with me, and sunlight flooded the room like it came to expose my sins personally.
Behind me, the bed creaked, and a deep groan followed.
“Will you keep it down?” a sleepy voice muttered. “I’m trying to sleep.”
I froze where I was on the floor, my heart hammering, as something on the ground caught my eye. A thick sheet of paper lay among the scattered mess. It looked official, so I grabbed it quickly, my fingers already trembling.
My stomach dropped the moment I saw the title; Marriage Registration Certificate.
My eyes widened as I read the two names printed beneath it; Sophie Hal and Adrian Cole.
“No…”
The word came out as a whisper.
“No… no… no…”
My gaze slowly moved from the paper to the silver band on my finger, and then slowly to Adrian as he sat up, messy hair falling over his forehead, his sleepy eyes focusing on me.
“We… we’re married?” I whispered. The words felt like dirt.
“What?”
That snapped him fully awake.
He got off the bed immediately and walked toward me, grabbing the paper in my hands—but then my eyes dropped lower, and another scream burst out of me.
“Oh my God! Put on clothes!”
I scrambled backward like a frightened animal, tripping over the curtain as I dragged it with me.
“Nope! Nope! This is illegal. This is everything wrong with society!”
I ran out, desperate to get away from that gruesome sight, sighted the bathroom door, opened it, and ran into it. The door slammed behind me as I locked it like my life depended on it.
My heart felt like it was trying to escape my chest as I stared at my reflection. My hair was a disaster, his jersey hung loosely over me, and the ring on my finger looked very real.
“What the hell is happening? This is my worst nightmare turned into reality,” I whispered.
Then lower:
“What did you do, Sophie…”
Outside the door, a loud knock echoed.
“Bloody freshman!” he barked. “Get back out here and explain yourself! What the hell did you do?”
I blinked hard, anger finally pushing past the panic.
“Me? I should be asking you that! You hilljock monkey!”
After a moment, I yelled, “Stop hitting the door! I’ll come out—just stop!”
The noise stopped.
I opened the door slowly and stepped out, scanning the messy floor again.
“Where are they…” I muttered under my breath.
“What are you looking for?” he asked, watching me now.
“My glasses, half-brained ego head.”
“What did you say?” he stepped toward me.
“Nothing, sir,” I said quickly, spotting them beside the table. I grabbed them and slipped them on, relief flooding me when the world became clear again—unfortunately including him.
I stretched my hand toward him.
“The papers… or do you want to stay my husband until death do us apart?”
“You wish, you obsessed freak,” he scoffed, handing them over.
I snorted.
“Obsessed? With you? I’d rather lick the boys’ locker room floors with my tongue.”
Something flickered in his eyes, as though he was intrigued by my choice of words—and that was worse.
He took slow steps toward me, his eyes never leaving me, until my back was against the wall. Then he stopped, his face far too close, his presence suddenly too steady for someone in this situation.
His gaze dipped briefly, then returned to mine slowly.
“Well…” he said quietly, “I know something else you could use your tongue for.”
“Eww! Get the hell away from me!”
I shoved him away and rushed across the room, grabbing a pillow to shield myself. My face burned as I caught him staring for half a second too long.
“How can you be so relaxed about this?” I asked, staring at him as he jumped on the bed like none of this bothered him.
“Because this is obviously some sick joke,” he said lazily. “That paper can’t possibly be valid. You can and will never be my wife. I have standards.”
I ignored him and looked down at the document again, this time properly. My eyes moved slowly until they landed on the official seal at the bottom… and something else.
It was a third different signature,different from mine and this dimwit.
Witness: L. Moretti.
My mind was racing as though I could somehow replay the events of last night. Oh, I wish.
“I won’t be too sure about that, hotshot,” I said, waving the papers at him.
The bed creaked as he got up again and snatched the paper from my hands, his eyes scanning it quickly.
I watched it happen—the exact moment his expression shifted from annoyance to disbelief.
“How on earth…”
He ran a hand through his hair, then exhaled once and forced a tight smile.
“Well, wifey… I’m sorry about this.”
He held up the paper slightly.
“But we’re getting a divorce.”
Relief hit instantly.
“Good.”
“Great.”
For one second, we actually agreed.
Then he froze mid-motion, eyes narrowing at the bottom of the document.
“…What the hell?”
My stomach twisted.
“What now?”
He turned the paper toward me and pointed.
Divorce not permitted within the first six months after registration.
Silence filled the room instantly, as though it was a third party.
Then he groaned loudly and dragged a hand down his face.
“Congratulations, freshman.”
His gaze dropped briefly to the rings on our fingers before lifting back to mine, sharper now.
“Your wish finally came true,” Adrian said, his voice low, more controlled. “You get me as your husband for the next six months.”
I stared at him in disgust, and for the first time since I woke up…
This didn’t feel funny anymore.
Chapter thirty eightSophie's povThe moment I stepped inside the diner, the noise hit me all at once. Students occupied nearly every booth, waitresses moved between crowded tables carrying trays balanced on one hand, and conversations blended into a constant hum that filled every corner of the room. Under normal circumstances, I probably would've turned around and left. My head was already crowded enough without adding another hundred voices to it, but the second I spotted Tom sitting near the window with three chemistry books spread across the table and enough notes to prepare for a college lecture, a laugh almost escaped me despite everything weighing on my mind."Please tell me you didn't spend your afternoon preparing for this."Tom glanced up immediately, and the grin that appeared on his face carried the kind of easy warmth that always made people comfortable around him."Depends.""Depends on what?""Whether making color-coded study guides counts as preparing."I stared at th
CHAPTER THIRTY SEVEN SOPHIE’S POVAdrian dragged the suspect list closer before uncapping his pen, and the movement alone was enough to catch my attention because for somebody who had spent the better part of the afternoon avoiding questions, he suddenly looked remarkably interested in answering them. The photographs remained scattered between us, the science-wing discovery still hanging over the table like a storm cloud. Neither of us knew how to approach, yet for the first time since we'd sat down, some of the tension eased from his shoulders."Fine," he said, tapping the paper once. "Let's pretend you're useful and do this properly."The insult should have annoyed me. Instead, it felt suspiciously close to normal, and after spending the entire day watching him act like a stranger, I found myself ridiculously relieved by it."That's a strange way to thank the person carrying this investigation."His head lifted immediately. "Carrying?""Absolutely."The confidence behind my answer
CHAPTER THIRTY-SIXSOPHIE'S POVSomething was wrong with Adrian.The realization had been bothering me since this afternoon, and the more I thought about it, the more convinced I became that I wasn't imagining things. Yesterday he had been distant, and acting practically a stranger. Every text I'd sent had gone unanswered, every conversation felt forced, and every time our eyes met, it was like he was deliberately holding himself back from saying something. The frustrating part was that Adrian wasn't good at hiding things. He was loud, dramatic, and annoyingly honest whenever he felt strongly about something, which meant whatever was happening now had to be serious.By the time the last class ended, my patience had completely disappeared.The football field was alive with movement when I arrived. Players sprinted across the grass while Coach shouted instructions from the sidelines, and somewhere in the middle of all that chaos was the person responsible for ruining my mood. Adrian
CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVESOPHIE'S POVThe third class of the day had ended almost fifteen minutes ago, yet I was still standing outside the senior locker room staring at my phone like it had personally offended me. Three unanswered texts sat on the screen, and every time I looked at them the irritation grew because Adrian wasn't the type to ignore people. He was the type to annoy people, argue with people, and somehow insert himself into situations that had absolutely nothing to do with him, which made his silence feel far more unsettling than it should have.Students streamed through the hallway while I waited, and with every passing minute my annoyance slowly mixed with concern. This week had been messy enough already, and the memory of Daniel's confession kept finding ways to sneak back into my thoughts no matter how hard I tried pushing it away. Nothing made sense anymore; Daniel loved me, Adrian was avoiding me. The fake relationship was over. The stalker was still out there. Some
CHAPTER THIRTY-FOURADRIAN’S POVThe field didn’t care what was happening inside my head, it only demanded movement, impact, repetition, like pain could be trained out through discipline, so I kept running drills until my lungs burned and my thoughts finally started to blur at the edges, but even t
SOPHIE’S POVThe second I shut my door, the sound felt too final, like I had sealed myself inside the consequences of everything I had been avoiding all day, and before I could even think about breathing properly, my phone was already in my hand because silence suddenly felt like something I couldn
CHAPTER THIRTY-ONEADRIAN'S POVI wasn't going to Sophie's house because I missed her, and that was the lie I repeated to myself for the entire drive across town. She had missed school, the stalker was still out there somewhere, and checking on her was the responsible thing to do, yet the harder I
CHAPTER THIRTYSOPHIE'S POVThe house felt different when I woke up that morning, while a familiar heaviness settled over everything before I had even left my bed. Some dates carried their own weight no matter how many years passed, and today happened to be one of them.Mom was already awake when I












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