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Fake. That's what we are. That's what we agreed to be. So why does it feel so real? I thought it would have been harder, convincing everyone our school's star receiver was mine and mine alone, but I was wrong. We played our parts so well that the lines between us began to blur until they disappeared completely. The thing about pretending, though, is that someone's always better at it, and by the time I realized my mistake, there was no going back.

For years, I've dreamt of what college life could bring, and while some things changed, there was always one constant. It didn't matter how wild I allowed my imagination to run, it always led me to the same place in the end. It led me to him. My future was clear, and he was it. Until suddenly, he wasn't. Now there's a new man in my life, one who isn't afraid to go after what he wants, and what he wants...is me.

All my life, I've always been second choice. Second best. Second born. Maybe that's what possessed me to track down my father's most formidable enemy, the infamous Enzo Fikile. He's the nation's most eligible bachelor, and the biggest threat to the crime world I was born into. He's determined to claim his place... and I want to make a deal with the devil. Now I'm engaged to the man the rest of the world fears and there's no going back. Even as it all starts to feel a little too real. I hate him as much as I crave him.

I loathe the day I ran smack dab into the hard chest of Alister Howl, Avix University's second-string quarterback. I should've run the moment that beautiful liar smiled my way. Unfortunately for me, he takes my dismissal as a challenge and comes back twice as hard. But how can I be with him if I...

After months of refusing, I finally agreed to make the move to Alrick Falls. My family thought it was best - that a new scene would be good for me - and I was sick of having the same conversation. So here I am, and the plan is simple. Smile through each day and avoid her at all costs. It's perfect. Until the cocky quarterback comes into play. The last thing I want is his crooked grin and dark brown eyes focused on me. Yet here he is, constantly in my space, pushing me, daring me to care. Telling me what I think and feel, as if he knows. He doesn't know anything.

“You don’t belong.” No words whispered in anger have ever rung more true. They’re the Kings of Brayshaw with the world at their feet, destined for greatness and in need of control. I’m the girl from the ghetto with nothing to offer and as defiant as they come. They say it doesn’t matter, that I’m one of them now, and nothing could ever change that. Not even me, should I dare try. But they’re wrong. They underestimate how far I’ll go to protect them. Trouble is coming...and they have no idea.

I had a plan, and it was solid. Track down what was hidden away and take pleasure in toying with it. Toying with her. That plan, it worked like a charm. Until it didn't. Turned out, the feisty little thing I found was far from what I hoped for. She was different from all I knew and more than I expected. She was light, and I'm the bastard who led her into darkness. But this girl...she followed with a smile. I told her I break pretty things. She asked me to promise.

From USA Today and Wall Street Journal best-selling author Meagan Brandy comes an all-new stand-alone romance set in college about a hotshot pitcher and the girl he never saw coming.

I'm a Monet. A chameleon. And what I must be is a flawless daughter, a skilled socialite, and the perfect prize to the man who signed along the dotted line. Not that I'm complaining. I'm all for a contractual agreement, a quick and clean catapult into the next phase of rich girl life. One that takes little thought, less effort, and zero devotion. It's exactly what I want. Or, it was until the lights went out, darkness took over, and I learned what it meant to live.

After months of silence, here she stands on my front porch, waiting to be let in again. But it's the same play every time, and I know how this ends - I give her all I have, and she carries it with her on the way back to him. I should turn her away, but I won't. Couldn't do it if I tried. Because no matter how many times she pops back up, pulls me in, and drags me under, it will never be enough. I'll always want more. More of her. More for us. And she'll always choose him.

Je n'aurais jamais dû croiser la route d'Alister Howl, le quarterback remplaçant d'Avix University. Mais Alister ne renonce jamais. Ce que je sais en revanche, c'est qu'à partir de cet instant, tout dérape. Faire semblant de sortir avec un joueur alors que son coéquipier tente de me reconquérir, c'est comme jouer avec le feu. Et sur ce terrain-là, je le sens… il n'y aura que des perdants.

I've tried to forget him. He refuses to allow it. Now, here we are, forced to spend the holidays together, pretending everything is as merry as ever. It isn't. I know this. He knows this. Everyone else? Not so much thanks to the man determined to be mine. Despite all that's happened between us, he swears not everything has changed. He might be right.

Nachdem ich mich monatelang geweigert hatte, habe ich zugestimmt, nach Alrick Falls zu ziehen. Meine Familie hatte das für das Beste gehalten – eine neue Umgebung sei gut für mich – und ich hatte die ewig gleichen Unterhaltungen satt.

Keine im Zorn geflüsterten Worte haben jemals wahrer geklungen. Sie sind die Könige von Brayshaw, denen die Welt zu Füßen liegt, die zu Großem bestimmt sind und die Kontrolle brauchen. Ich bin das Mädchen aus dem Ghetto, das nichts zu bieten hat und so trotzig ist, wie man nur sein kann.

Nach Monaten des Schweigens steht sie nun auf meiner Veranda und wartet darauf, dass ich sie wieder hereinlasse. Es ist aber jedes Mal das gleiche Spiel, und ich weiß, wie es enden wird. Ich gebe ihr alles, was ich habe, und sie nimmt es auf dem Weg zurück zu ihm mit sich.

»Leg dich mit einem an, und du legst dich mit allen an.« So funktioniert das bei den Brayshaws. Das hätte ihr klar sein müssen, bevor sie mit Geheimnissen in unsere Welt eingetaucht ist, die zu groß sind, um sie zu begraben. Das war es ihr aber nicht. Jetzt hat sie eine Zielscheibe auf dem Rücken. An dem Tag, an dem ihre Lügen aufflogen, hätte ich sie rausschmeißen sollen. Stattdessen habe ich sie mit dem Versprechen weggeschlossen, dass ich niemals ihr gehören würde.