Lila Hayes is a snobby, uptight seventeen year old, with her heart set on going to fashion school in London, but unfortunately due to a controlling father and lack of courage, she has no choice in what she wants to do with her life. On a journey of self-discovery she finds herself falling for the boy she's hated ever since she was five; Lakyn Westbrook.
Their hatred for each other is completely mutual, but when a new friend, an obsessed best friend and a new found liking comes into the picture, they find themselves changing each other for the better. That is until a mysterious death erupts in Dayton Lakes, testing their friendship group and their relationship as well.
Loving Lakyn follows a group of high school students through their experiences of sex, drugs, friendships, love and trauma.
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This book contains mature language and scenes, an extremely rude main character and a hell of a lot of character development. Hang in there, I promise it gets better.
NSFW content and possibly triggering scenes
"This was just supposed to be summer fun. That was what we agreed on." I tried to talk to him as he was vigorously shaking his head, tearing his gaze away from me.
"You were never just a summer fun to me." He stared into my eyes and I felt exposed because I might have developed some feelings for him that I've never wanted to face.
Heddy Lopez has just barely graduated and is trying to find the purpose of her life when her friends take her away for the summer before they go on separate ways.
Little did she know that an old crush and complicated relationships would cross her way again making her last high school summer completely different than she'd expected it to be.
Secrets, heartbreaks, and empty promises siege her over and over again. And they never seem to stop.
But how much an already broken heart could take before fully giving up?
Started: July (2022) - Finished: August 18 (2022)
123 000+ words