He Fake-Dated the Big-Size Girl—Now He’s Begging for Her Back

I spent three years loving Gray Ashford. He spent a few weeks pretending to love me—just to make her jealous. When we both fell into his pool, he swam right past me to save her. I couldn’t swim. Everyone watched. Some even laughed. At home, I slept on an air mattress in the laundry room. There were three keys to our house. None of them were mine. Then Cade Donovan found me reading under a streetlight. He offered me a summer job, a place to stay—and a life where I didn’t have to earn every scrap

I spent three years loving Gray Ashford. He spent a few weeks pretending to love me—just to make her jealous. When we both fell into his pool, he swam right past me to save her. I couldn’t swim. Everyone watched. Some even laughed. At home, I slept on an air mattress in the laundry room. There were three keys to our house. None of them were mine. Then Cade Donovan found me reading under a streetlight. He offered me a summer job, a place to stay—and a life where I didn’t have to earn every scrap