When We Fall

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by Madeleine Labitan


  Gray cocks an eyebrow. "You two haven’t seen it yet? He already changed his status to ‘single’ on Facebook."

  I gape. Is Brad for freaking real? "Are you kidding me?"

  "Nope," Gray says, looking like he’s trying not to laugh.

  Glad to see he finds amusement in my heartbreak.

  "What a jerk!" Allie exclaims, eyes flared wide in disbelief.

  I ball my fists on my lap. How could he do this? Was dumping me unceremoniously not enough, and he had to announce it to the whole world? It hasn’t even been a day. The asshole didn’t bother to wait. And the news should’ve come from me, damn him. Now, everyone knows he was the one who initiated our breakup.

  "Rat bastard.” I angrily wipe the fresh set of tears rolling down my cheeks.

  Allie narrows her eyes into slits. "We should get him for this.” She snaps her fingers. “I have an idea. Why don’t we egg his house or, hell, his car? He loves that damn thing, doesn’t he?”

  “Lame,” Gray snorts.

  Allie and I glare at her brother.

  “Do you have another idea?” she snaps.

  Gray’s lips twist into a smirk. “Course I do, baby sis. And it doesn’t take rocket science,” he gloats. “Everyone knows that if someone dumps you, the best thing you can do is to hook up with someone else right in front of your ex. It will make you look unaffected by the breakup.”

  Allie makes a face. “That’s disgusting, Gray.”

  Grayson rolls his eyes. “I’m not suggesting she have sex in front of McNeely. All she has to do is to make out or whatever with another guy.”

  “Still disgusting.”

  I kind of agree with Allie—but is it bad that I’m actually considering his crazy idea? Now that my breakup with Brad has reached everyone, people will surely expect me to mope around at school. Well, screw them. I’m not going to give them the satisfaction of seeing me look like a loser.

  “I can do better,” I say.

  Allie whips her head to me. “Uh, what’s that?”

  I raise my eyes to Gray. “Instead of hooking up with another guy, I can get a fake boyfriend.”

  He flashes me a wary look. “Okay. But why are you looking at me like that?”

  Silence permeates the air for a brief moment before Allison blurts out to me, “No. No way. Are you out of your mind?”

  On the contrary, it’s one of the smartest decisions I’ve ever made. What better way to show Brad he made a mistake than getting the guy he’s always been jealous of to pretend to be my boyfriend—Grayson himself?

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  Falling for him wasn't part of the plan...

  "I heart Lincoln Evans."

  Riley Ellison has been writing those words in her journal for months, pouring her teenage daydreams within its pages.

  Because the cutest boy in school isn't aware of her feelings for him and it's going to stay that way. She wouldn't be able to live it down if he ever finds out and rejects her. That would be downright mortifying.

  So when Noah Pritchett—Lincoln's best friend and Riley's next-door neighbor—finds out the truth, Riley's world turns upside down. What will she do? Will he say anything?

  But instead of outing her, Noah is suddenly offering to help her get Lincoln. It seems to be working...until Noah starts acting like he doesn't want to play cupid anymore. Did he lose interest or is there something more going on?

  TRUTH OR DARE

  Book 1 in the Bayfield High Series

  What's a girl to do when she's forced to spend time with her childhood nemesis?

  There are only three things Mackenzie Brown looks forward to on a Friday night: cheesy rom coms, mani pedi and a quiet sleepover with her friends.

  Crashing a party and getting payback on her best friend's cheating ex-boyfriend are definitely NOT part of the plan. Especially the possibility of getting caught!

  But worst of all? Getting dared into taking a dip in freezing lakewater with the cocky Sean Murphy.

  Can’t she catch a break?

  But when truths are revealed and secrets come out, Mackenzie starts to realize that maybe, just maybe, missing out on a quiet sleepover isn't so bad after all…

  BOOKS BY MADELEINE

  Bayfield High Series

  Truth or Dare

  Kiss and Make Up

  Perfectly Clueless

  Hate to Love

  Just Friends

  Fake Boyfriend Duet

  Faking It

  Risking It

  Holy Oaks Series

  When We Fall

  When It’s Real (TBA)

  Standalone

  Say Anything

  ABOUT THE AUTHOR

  Madeleine Labitan lives and breathes for three things: books, coffee and Netflix. Deny her of one and you’ll make an enemy for life.

  A former content writer and virtual assistant, she decided to leave the freelance world behind to spend the rest of her days falling for swoon-worthy book boyfriends and hating on their heroines while simultaneously pretending to be a dedicated author.

  She’s been writing most of her life, and after nearly a decade of procrastinating, finally decided to try her luck on being an author.

  Truth or Dare is her first foray into the publishing world and hopefully not the last…

  And, oh, she’s in social media. Not that active, but she tries:

  Facebook: Madeleine Labitan

  Twitter: @myinkonpaper

  Instagram: myinkonpaper

  Website: Madeleine Labitan

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  Table of Contents

  Title Page

  Copyright

  Dedication

  CHAPTER 1

  CHAPTER 2

  CHAPTER 3

  CHAPTER 4

  CHAPTER 5

  CHAPTER 6

  CHAPTER 7

  CHAPTER 8

  CHAPTER 9

  CHAPTER 10

  CHAPTER 11

  CHAPTER 12

  CHAPTER 13

  CHAPTER 14

  CHAPTER 15

  CHAPTER 16

  CHAPTER 17

  CHAPTER 18

  CHAPTER 19

  CHAPTER 20

  CHAPTER 21

  CHAPTER 22

  CHAPTER 23

  CHAPTER 24

  CHAPTER 25

  CHAPTER 26

  CHAPTER 27

  CHAPTER 28

  CHAPTER 29

  CHAPTER 30

  CHAPTER 31

  CHAPTER 32

  CHAPTER 33

  CHAPTER 34

  CHAPTER 35

  CHAPTER 36

  CHAPTER 37

  CHAPTER 38

  EPILOGUE

  SNEAK PEEK: FAKING IT

  SAY ANYTHING

  TRUTH OR DARE

  BOOKS BY MADELEINE

  ABOUT THE AUTHOR

 

 

 


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