He Loves Me Not

The petals weren’t supposed to lie…

Ava
I’ve had bad ideas before, but getting wine-drunk and playing He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not might be my worst yet.
Especially since the subject of my petal-plucking spiral is none other than the world’s favorite wide receiver, Dawson Iverson.
I’m convinced he hates me.
Does that stop me from dreaming about him every night?
No.
But dreams are one thing.
Finding him in my bed?
That’s another problem entirely.
I’m dangerously close to forgetting all the reasons this can’t happen…
and that has disaster written all over it.

Dawson
I fell for Ava Grant the minute our parents introduced us.
She’s a sweet little minx who can’t lie to save her life.
Unfortunately for both of us, she values her privacy… and that’s the one thing I can’t give her.
I’ve tried to stay away.
I’ve tried to be good.
But when she lies about dating her neighbor?
I snap.
No one touches what’s mine. No one.
This pretty little brat is about to learn the truth.
This isn’t hate.
This is obsession.

And I’m done playing by her rules.