Joseph Writes

At 5, I met you. Understood that I was born to marry you. You were silent, you were shy. But I managed to make you be my friend. At age 13, I fell in love with you. I loved your cheeky smile. I loved the way I am the only person you rely on. At age 17, I became yours and promised myself to you. I pledged to wait for you no matter how long. You were sweet, caring, and treated me like I'm the only woman in your world. At age 18, you left. Moving to another country to meet the future that you are born to. I waited but you hardly called. At age 25, you came back for me, but you're not the man I knew. From the day I was born, I was meant to be his. It was okay. Everything was great. I loved him as we played on the playgrounds, as we watched grow up- and he loved me. Suddenly, he left with his father to go to Italy leaving me behind for seven years, he came back but he wasn't the same. From the day I was born, I was meant to be his. I was happy to be his. But he was no longer the man who I was betrothed to.

Madison has always been a socially awkward girl. And specially when it comes to boys. But what happens when prom is one month away and yet she still hasn't been asked out? Well lucky for her, she found a website. A website that rents you your dream boyfriend. We may be faking it now, But one day we'll look back and wonder how. "She may not be my first, but I'm glad I'm hers. I'm glad she chose me." Rented Boyfriend.

Josephine Pryce has always followed the rules—because rules keep life predictable, safe, and on track for getting out of Lakeville. But when money for college starts slipping through her fingers, Jo agrees to the one job she swore she’d never take: tutoring Flynn Cauley, the infuriatingly charming heartbreaker who’s made her life difficult since middle school. Flynn needs to pass English. Jo needs the cash. They need as little interaction as possible. Too bad one misunderstanding flips everything on its head. Suddenly Jo and Flynn are “dating”—a completely fake, mutually beneficial arrangement to solve their very real problems. Flynn wants to spark jealousy in the girl he likes. Jo wants her ex to finally understand it’s over. And if this ruse happens to boost her social standing long enough for the school paper’s dreamy president to notice her? Even better. The rules are simple: **Keep the peace. Keep it fake. Keep feelings out of it.** But the longer they play pretend, the blurrier those lines become. And Jo is starting to wonder if the boy she thought she hated might be the only one who truly sees her. In Lakeville, nothing about love—or enemies—is ever simple.