Beautiful. Broken. Boy. Wells Ambrose thinks I’m evil, and I wish he was wrong. I ruined his life the summer I turned fifteen, and he hasn’t let me forget.
Nearly everyone in our small town turned on me after that, which used to be a bad thing. Until I decided I need Wells’s hate.
He’s failing college, and I’m the only one who can get him out of the backlash he receives from his parents.
He needs me, and I need him to believe I’m that evil girl from years ago, because his hatred comes with attention and protection. His protection. Sweet. Innocent. Lovely.
Bruno Sloane-Mallick has always protected me from Wells, but he doesn’t know the truth. He doesn’t know I’m a bad person, willing to use Wells’s pain to my own advantage.
To make matters worse, I’m falling for Bru, my brother’s best friend, and I have no business mistaking his kindness for something more.
He and Wells are close, and as I watch them, I’m curious how close that bond truly is. There’s a heat between them I recognize quite well. It’s a heat I’ve felt myself with Wells before I ruined him.
He’s another one of my brother’s best friends, and the worst part is, I may ruin his life again. Because I just kissed Bruno Sloane-Mallick.
