The Unlikely Arrangement

The Unlikely Arrangement
Meet Jo Pryce, the rule-abiding, debate-club captain who desperately needs cash to escape her small town. Enter Flynn Cauley, the notorious charmer and Jo's academic nemesis, who needs a tutor... and a fake girlfriend. What starts as a simple tutoring gig for money quickly spirals into a complicated arrangement to make exes jealous and gain popularity. Can these two opposites stick to the rules, or are they destined to break everything they've agreed upon?

MY LEGS FEEL like blocks of lead as I stand in front of the bulletin board in the hallway. The Beatles does a great work of blocking out the loud chatter of passing students by blasting a hard chorus in my ears as my thumbs fiddle with the straps of my schoolbag while my eyes trace the continuous array of words on one of the many decorated papers pinned to the blue, hard surface.

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The Unlikely Arrangement

The Unlikely Arrangement

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