"I never thought I'd get tangled up with Ethan Reid. He was everything I hated — arrogant, smug, and always under my skin. And when he came to me with that stupid and cocky grin of his, and dared to call me his "Baby"? 

I thought the fake dating would be a simple way to make our exes jealous, but the universe had other plans. I'm not the type to follow anyone's rules, let alone his. But something in his eyes made it so impossible to disobey. His touch? It was harder to resist. He was determined, so determined to prove that he could make me bend, make me fall for him. I never expected to want to. And I never expected that he'd become the one person I needed to fight for.

He may have started out as my enemy, but now? He's the one thing I can't live without.

The Boy Next Door

XAVIER
I planted myself in front of her, blocking the doorway. My voice came out low but I might as well have shouted the words because they were firm.
"You aren't leaving."
Harper stilled, her eyes narrowing at me like I'd completely lost it. "What?"
"Damn right, you heard me," I snapped at her....

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