[The G.D. Taylors 03] • The Bold and the Bullheaded

𝐀 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫, 𝐚 𝐅𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐡 𝐠𝐨𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐬𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐠𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐘𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐞—𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭? 𝐈𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐤𝐞, 𝐲𝐞𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐞𝐥𝐭 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥.

Cosette…

It’s time for a fresh start.

Out with the old and in with the new.

Except none of it is real.

Or it isn’t supposed to be.

My fake boyfriend happens to be the best relationship I’ve ever had.

And don’t even get me started on his dark eyes that I swear can see straight into my soul.

The way he makes me feel … everything about Caden Taylor is unexpected.

Caden…

I steer clear of relationships.

Especially the messy ones.

I keep things simple, and it works for me.

Until I agree to help out Cosette Dubois by pretending to date her.

The most beautiful woman I’ve ever seen.

Kind and sweet and smart and talented.

Fake boyfriend … no problem.

I’m a giver that way.

Throw in a crazy ex, a Botox-injected mother who hates me, a snaggletoothed dog who can turn on a dime, and a woman I can’t stop thinking about.

Messy has never looked better.