I Hate Wanting You

Enemies to lovers. Childhood rivals. One summer that changes everything. Mason Blake was the golden boy everyone adored—star athlete, heartbreak king, and the reason I nearly failed high school without ever missing a class. To the world, he's charming, magnetic, untouchable. To me? He's the boy who made my life hell. I’ve known him since I was six. I've hated him since I was twelve. And by the time I turned eighteen, I swore I’d never let Mason Blake near my heart—or anywhere else. But that was before everything went up in flames. Literally. Now, my apartment is gone. My savings are drained. And thanks to a favor from his mom, I’m spending the summer living in his stupid, oversized, marble-floored mansion. The plan was simple: stay invisible, work on rebuilding my life, and avoid Mason Blake at all costs. But of course, nothing with Mason is ever that simple. Because the second he walks through the door, the past slams into me like a truck full of bad decisions. He’s taller. Hotter. Meaner in that smile-smirking, jaw-clenching, memory-haunting kind of way. And he looks at me like I’m not the girl he used to tease—but the woman he’s suddenly curious about. I came here to heal. To start over. Instead, I find myself toeing the line between wanting to punch him and wanting to taste him. And worse? I think he knows it. He’s dangerous in all the ways that matter. Reckless with hearts. Skilled at breaking them. And somehow, he’s under my skin like he never left. This isn't love. It’s chaos. It’s war. It’s a ticking bomb waiting to go off. And if I’m not careful... he’s going to wreck me all over again.