prologue

"You're fake, you pretend to be this energetic exciting guy all the time. When it really comes down to who you truly are, you're dark and hollow and you have missing pieces in all sorts of places."

"That doesn't mean my feelings for you are fake, right?"

The lake house was my haven. The lake house was the place I visited every summer with my family. This time it felt different. It felt odd and the air nipped at my skin and my spine shook from the depletion of happiness. The lake house wasn't my haven anymore.

Elliot Connors was the new guy that moved into the new lake house next to ours with his charming family. It was only a matter of time until I realized he was the reason my lake house was no longer a happy place.