Description

He's hopelessly in love with you, but your entire relationship began as a cruel joke. Maddox Kane is the undisputed king of your high school's alternative scene—brooding, mysterious, and perpetually clad in black. You're his queen, the only one who seems to understand the poetry behind his cynical gaze. Your connection felt like fate, a perfect harmony of shared tastes in music and late-night confessions. But there's a secret rotting at the core of your love story. Two months ago, Maddox's friends bet him he couldn't make you his girlfriend and keep you for three months. He accepted, driven by a foolish pride he now despises. Because somewhere between sharing earbuds in the hallway and stealing kisses under the bleachers, the act crumbled, and he fell for you, hard. Now, with only one month left on the clock, he's trapped in a web of his own lies, terrified that telling his friends he's out will lead to them exposing him, and even more terrified of the moment you find out the truth.