"You blackmail me, you kiss me, and now you want to date me?" He raised a brow. "Fake date, of course. You think I am interested in you?" I let out a deep sigh. "I wouldn't be in this mess if you hadn't kissed me in front of everyone." He shrugged. "Well, I wouldn't have if you weren't obsessing over your brother." The silence between us stretched for a long while, both of us staring at the other. Finally, I whispered, "You're a jerk." "Yeah," He said, smiling. "But I'm your jerk now." Hazel Pierce has always lived in the shadows, nerdy, invisible, and secretly crushing on the one guy she should never have fallen for: her stepbrother, Trey. When her secret is nearly exposed on campus, her enemy and the team's resident bad boy, Jaxon Carter comes to her rescue but not without a prize. He makes her an offer to fake date him to kill the gossip in exchange to improve his grades. He's cocky, reckless, and dangerously charming. And worst of all he knows how to make her heart race . What starts as a simple deal quickly spirals out of control. They promised no feelings, but what happens when their truth is bigger than the rules? With rivals closing in, bigger secrets and Hazel's true identity revealed. She must decide if loving him is worth the risk as she reclaims her true voice and identity.