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They don't stay up past midnight while the rest of the house sleeps. They don't learn each other's fears before they learn each other's middle names. And they definitely don't start feeling things that have no business existing between a girl who was torn apart and the boy who handed them the knife.
But that was before Maya Reyes spent the summer living under Jace Holloway's roof.
Maya knows exactly what she is at Sycamore High — the plus-sized bookworm who sits in the back row, who stopped raising her hand the day Jace's lie went viral and turned her into the school's favourite punchline. She knows how boys like Jace see girls like her. Invisible when convenient. A target when entertaining.
This summer job was supposed to be simple. Care for his little brother. Save money. Stay invisible.
Except the real Jace Holloway isn't the untouchable golden boy everyone worships between Friday night touchdowns. He's unravelling quietly — panic attacks behind locked bathroom doors, sleepless nights, a secret that could shatter his entire future. And somehow, Maya — the girl he wronged, the girl nobody notices — becomes the only person he trusts with it.
She should let him fall.
She genuinely, absolutely should.
She can't.
When anonymous messages start threatening to expose them both, staying enemies stops being an option. But when the truth about who really started the rumour finally surfaces — and it's so much worse than Maya ever imagined — she has to face the question she's been avoiding all summer.
She spent years being told she wasn't enough — too much body, too many books, not enough shine.
What happens when the most sought-after boy in town looks at her like she's the only person in every room?
Does she trust it?
Does she trust him?
Some secrets protect you.
His might be the one that finally makes her feel seen.
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Young Adult Romance writer
