aada bing bada bam welcome to this week's bacon a mystery bacon a murder episode listen we're back with another book it is called Twisted love and it is Twisted every single neuron inside of my brain and I'm about to tell you all about it this book is Twisted Love by Anna hang it's a contemporary romance so I thought Anna hang yeah she Chinese I know wow okay yeah there shall be no dragons in this one there shall be no fire 500-year-old furry Fay the furries are not making an appearance in today's video because it's contemporary romance however however this is not a normal episode everyone and their mother told me that this is the book to read this is where it's at this is the story of a lifetime I saw Tik Tok edits about this book about Alex vov the main character the main male lead and I went in knowing zero jack [ __ ] I knew nothing about this story and the way that my mouth was hanging on jugular on the ground on the floor because of how insane this [ __ ] is about to get I knew I wasn't for a freaking ride when the very first words in the book are he has a heart of ice but for her he'd burn the world okay a [ __ ] okay [ __ ] the second line reads Alex vov is the devil blessed with the face of an Angel and cursed with the past he can't escape let me give you a rundown on what's going on Alex v you're good here no it's just so crazy it's so crazy wait what's so crazy I'm so confused okay sorry did I miss a chapter yeah no I feel like I've missed 25 chapters okay cuz that's literally how the book starts now let me give you a rundown Alex is a 27-year-old self-made trillionaire no that's dramatic I think he's just like a multi multi-millionaire maybe a billionaire I don't know 27 billionaire that makes sense 27-year-old millionaire maybe billionaire but also he looks like he could be a contestant on physical 100 and America's Next Top Model he's hot he's Rich he's so insanely built that you could ski down his abs but he's got the brains of unicorn tech company founder which either means he's really smart or really not smart I don't know you tell me okay he is the romance novel starter pack he's also a robot zero emotions nothing phases him someone can get murdered in broad daylight on the street in front of him and he would just walk over the dead body why are you laughing are they talking about me jail okay okay he he must also be a marble boy a crystal girly because his heart is Stone Cold there's only one person in the entire world that could begin to thought ice Daddy's cold cold heart and that is Josh Chen his unexpected best friend from college who also happens to be the designated boy in today's book but Alex vov he's not a boy he's hotter than a New York City boy station in the middle of but August he's richer beyond what mere mortals can comprehend he's a genius tell me why this book told me his IQ is 160 like why is it telling me his IQ he has an IQ of 160 and he will never let himself or you forget it I think it was mentioned like every other chapter but he's not a boy in fact Alex volov has very strict rules to never let girls get too close to him M because L they want to be on the receiving end of a really bad case of hypothermia you know he's just too cold for them Josh Chen on the other hand textbook definition boy med school student he's smart he knows it he's hot he knows it and he wants to have as many girls in his bedroom as possible preferably all at the same time and it is the sheer fact that he's so open about it that makes him not that unlikable okay anyway the two of them they have been best friends since forever Alex even spent the past eight thanksgivings with Josh Chen and his family and since Alex's family they're all um of course yeah they're all dead me they're all of course they're all murdered and like this book is so crazy I thought I was picking up a contemporary romance which it is you know and I'm expecting a billionaire Boy Meets poor girl wild kinky BDSM smut driping off the pages you cannot read this on public transit and it does have that but also why is everybody getting murdered like why are there so many murders in this book I don't understand some of the plot lines are absolutely unhinged I feel like this book could not pick which type of book it wanted to be sometimes I be reading and I check the cover I'm like wait am I reading this then I accidentally pick up a different book okay there are some insane crimes committed Against Humanity just casually in the span of like three pages and the writing of this book is so nonchalant like the most insane badshit plot will be taking place and the writing style is that of some body writing about how they just purchased Lemons at the farmers market does it work it's going to work for some people okay okay it's going to work really well for some people and it's going to work medium for other people and it's going to work really not well for a lot of people okay I thought do you want to know my opinion okay ask my opinion your opinion please okay so it's not literature but what's smartbook is literature you know what I mean it's not literature I was not in the plot at some point I found myself reading because of how unhinged it was like I was like I need to read more because it's so crazy there's no way it could get crazier and then it kept getting crazier okay so let's get into it let's get into it Alex's family is dead he spends every Thanksgiving with his buddy Josh Josh's dad Michael Chen he's going to become important later and Ava which is Josh's little sister she's pertinent to the story she's the sunshine to Mr Grumpy she is described in the book as a quote free spirit who never stops seeing the beauty in the world but she also has a traumatic past wait so she she's the main girl yeah BR best friend's little sister of course but also Ava has a very traumatic past like Alex you know a lot of childhood trauma going on only she can't remember a single thing about her childhood her memory of her past shootting blanks she can't recall a singular memory what is the story behind this picture of as of you as a kid you cannot pay her to remember she will not remember so that being said let's get into Twisted love 21-year-old Ava Chen is standing in the pouring rain clutching her phone yeah I mean no there's no way that every single Uber and lift is no longer in the area how does that even make sense it's night time it's pouring r but sure enough she's been standing there taking cover in the rain clicking find a ride non-stop for the past 30 minutes normally Ava would think okay let's think positive thoughts and try to see the glass half full but she's late to her older brother Josh's farewell party and she still hasn't picked up his favorite freaking chocolate cake that he only eats once a year on his birthday but now he's going to want it because he's about to move to Central America and they don't have his special favorite chocolate cakes there what city did they live in what Washington DC okay what did I want to say George Washington what the [ __ ] which okay he he's going to Central America but we don't know which country so it's like one out of seven right it's going to keep me up at night like everything is kind of vague in this book okay I think there's another destination they travel to and they just don't tell you okay much about the destination anyway one of the seven countries he's going to does not have death by chocolate cake that he loves from the local bakery so she's got to go pick that up and oh [ __ ] the rain just keeps coming down it's even stronger now and then Ava finally looks up and she realizes you know what I think I've seen this film before and I didn't like the ending the film would be a literal horror movie where a girl gets kidnapped from the middle of the night from a bus stop in the pouring rain and then is never to be seen again so she's like I need to be smarter I need to use my brain cells she picks up her phone and calls the one person that she does not want to call right now Josh her older brother the one that's moving the one that loves the chocolate cake what happened well hello to you too okay why would you think that's something happened you don't we don't do greetings anymore you never call unless something's wrong so what happened nothing's wrong why would you ever Josh can probably hear the pouring rain coming down okay fine okay fine I'm a bit stranded a little bit but there there's there's just no Ubers nearby so it's not like I'm stranded per se I'm just waiting for a drive Jesus Ava where the hell are you she tells him the exact location and he gives her this very long lecture about how she's an hour away from campus but she argues she's there because she was doing a photo shoot she's a photographer she needs to do these things photo shoots photographer it's like kind of her job Josh have you heard of that and immediately first chapter of the book I'm already mouth a gape [ __ ] because tell me why Ava is on the phone with her brother Josh when she hears this is her brother when she hears soft moaning coming from the other end a woman's voice AA is disgusted which like same girl and I have a feeling the author does not have a male sibling because e anyway that's your older brother her eyes are wide are you are you having sex right now she feels like throwing up but Josh says technically no what does that mean like logistically speaking you're not like it's complicated but either way they hang up and joshh tells her to sit tight he's going to have someone pick her up you mean technically no what the [ __ ] is he doing there technically other things oh my God he does not tell her who's picking her up when they're picking her up just wait okay that's all he tells her which is freaking fantastic she waits what feels like an eternity and it could be that the girl he was just doing it with is rolling up it could be a random friend is going to drive up Josh has a lot of friends Ava does not she's the type of girl that like to sit in the corner at parties just daydreaming about all the places that she wants to travel in the world but she'll never get to travel because she has a fear of flying because she has a water phobia it's called aquaphobia now while Josh He Is The Life of the Party doing keg stands in the middle of the living room so yeah it could be one of his five bajillion friends or his girlfriends or or it could be the one person she hoped it would not be the one person who drives a very loud very expensive car in Aston Martin and right in that moment a black Aon Martin starts speeding down the road only only mean guys drive cars like that well I don't know okay but Ava only knows one person that drives a car like that and he's not very nice this is about to be one hell of an hourong car ride in the pouring rain the car stops right in front of her the window rolls down and there's a gorgeous man sitting in the driver's seat yes you guessed it Alex vov did did you know vov means like wolf in Russian I think okay get in he doesn't even look in her Direction he's so rude it's so hot shut up no that's what I'm saying oh that's what she saying basically yeah what do you mean shut up are you trying to be rude that it's [Laughter] hot she awkwardly gets into the back seat and the car is dead silent he doesn't believe in listening to music no sweet Tunes in this man's ears gross feelings emotions music they're just driving in silence AA naturally feels uncomfortable so she's trying to break the silence a little bit um thanks for picking me up it's really sweet of you no response in fact Alex doesn't even glance at her he's got that Opa driving stance one hand on the steering wheel man spreading cannot be safe for vehicular maneuvering but he's doing it Ava tries you know she she shifts back in her chair so she's facing the road again and just tries to focus on getting through the rest of this hourlong car ride it's just so crazy to her how different Alex is from her brother Josh personally to her Alex gives strong [ __ ] Vibes sure maybe he had a reason with all of that childhood trauma or whatever that he was went through I don't know Josh never told her in detail but she knows that he doesn't have a family and that's why he spends things giving with hers but still he doesn't have to be such a dick all Ava knows about the guy after 8 years of him being Josh's best friend is his parents are dead they left him a giant pile of money he took that pile of money and for xed it by investing which he didn't even need it by the way because he created a new Financial modeling software in high school that made him a multi-millionaire before he turned 18 sure buddy which makes sense because his IQ is sitting pretty at 160 he's basically a genius okay now at the age of 27 he is now coo to one of the most successful real estate development companies in the country he is quote according to the book a legend and he knew it meanwhile Ava she's a mess but she's a cute mess she's working two jobs because her dad Michael Chen doesn't want to support a photography career which is fine she loves what she does but she'll she'll take anything honestly graduations engagement shoots dog birthday parties she'll be she'll be photographing halfway through the car ride Ava realizes that she forgot about the damn chocolate cake for her brother she turns to Alex wa she didn't buy it no she has to go pick it up oh okay um okay so look don't kill me but we need to make a quick stop we already late he really does not like to take his eyes off the road or maybe he doesn't like looking at her I don't know ouch okay it's a really small detour for Josh's cake I'll run in and out before you can even Park it'll be so quick please stop Ava stops not only did she stop but she's staring at his fingers just gripping the steering wheel and it's doing things to her system it's riding outside the car and inside the car on her seat he might be an [ __ ] but he's gorgeous he's beautiful jade green eyes the color of you know what that color is money he looks like he's been chipped from a glacier his face is so sharp he looks like a statue from an Italian Museum just come to life and walk right out of there but naked and straight into Ava's bed I mean his car what is she thinking disgusting and he asks her if we get to the cage shop you promise you'll stop talking yeah if you want fine when they get to the bakery Ava is ready to jump out efficiency is key here but Alex grabs her arm before she can even get out and pushes her back into her seat if Ava wasn't upset that he was preventing her from leaving the car she would have made a puddle in that seat okay why is this touch so what is going on no literally that's what she's telling me she's telling me she told me this why she told me this oh you have no idea what this book is about honey this is just smut baby baby you thought you thought there was a plot but like why what do you mean all right anyways just enjoy the ride okay just sit back put your seat Bel on okay all right a puddle a puddle got it right so good like why is this touch so hot she expected it to be cold honestly you can't go out like that what like what she looks down at her t-shirt and jeans well what's left of her t-shirt her white T-shirt is completely transparent and her red lace bra is not doing anything to hide her full chest nips and all and instead of being embarrassed Ava chooses to focus on getting the cakes before the shops Clos instead of staring at my breast [ __ ] why don't you hand me your jacket so I can get the cake once Ava realizes that she just called the Alex vov an [ __ ] she's quacking in her boots but Alex on the other hand he's smirking this is probably the most intense emotional response that she's ever elicited from this man in almost a decade so there's that you're not my type Eva even if you weren't my best friend's sister the way he's leaned over so close to her face I mean he's practically growling it's so high but also kind of mean I mean Ava wasn't really interested either but he doesn't have to be so blunt about it right either way he doesn't let her out the car even with his jacket on so he runs in grabs the cake and before you knew it they're making their way over to Josh's going away party which happens to be right next to Ava's place they live right next door to each other her and her brother they're house Neighbors when Alex pulls up in the driveway like a panther that's how she describes him okay that's not me like a panther everything he does is mysterious and sleek and just like like a p okay what do you mean why do you think I've been so glued to my Kindle recently I'm just kidding I'm just kidding where's my nose you're looking for your dignity where' you get that H okay he's like a predator always on the alert looking for new prey Ava turns to him I hope the stick in your ass punctures a vital organ but because she has manners she then says thanks for the ride and leaves the car and with that she's running she's slamming her front door shut now side note this book is a dual POV I did not know that we have Ava's POV and then Alex's POV which normally I don't like when I know guy's POV because I don't know I don't know what's going on in that brain and I think that's hotter but once I know I'm like oh that's what's going on in that brain okay so for example sometimes my husband be laying there all hot okay and he's like running through his hand through his hair and then he'd be leaning down he'd be like Oh I'm like damn he's already thinking about I don't know stocks or some [ __ ] something hot like babe what are you thinking about oh I'm playing Tetris in my mind I'm like okay I don't want to know these things he's laughing because this has happened multiple times okay so at Josh's party a blonde girl is practically drooling over Alex he's hot but once you know he's one of the most financially eligible bachelors in the entire city he becomes hotter it's likely the blonde girl knows both of these things about Alex she's curling her finger around his biceps we can take this somewhere more private if you want Alex is smirking yeah no not in her Wildest Dreams he takes one look at her and he already knows she cannot handle him I mean despite her sexual aggression she wants a boyfriend she wants someone to send her flowers and call her a Princess Alex vov does not do that he has rules no kissing no face Toof face contact if one of the girls on his rotating roster suddenly wants to those things they know the drill they're out and quickly replaced by someone who knows boundaries it's a simple agreement so they need to be as big of a [ __ ] as possible yeah then they need to fall for one girl and one girl only one girl only yeah now that's hot that's hot that's really hot that's really hot meanwhile Josh is on the couch with two girls offering him a threesome before he leaves for for Central America Josh is what on the couch with two girls offering him a threesome before he leaves okay as a going away present okay before Alex can roll his eyes he hears a laugh just floating around in the party and of course he knows who the laugh belongs to it belongs to Ava Josh is little the grass is always greener on the other side the glasses always half full today's going to be a great day little sister and happy gol lucky miss little sunshine miss always smiling littleit she's like a Disney Princess Alex almost half expects flowers to start sprouting behind her when she walks around and birds to be chirping around she farts and it's The Little Mermaid soundtrack that's what he's expecting okay but he can't help but watch her and think is that a real laugh or is that a fake laugh most people's laughs are fake I mean he's not judging anyone but knowing Ava it's probably a real laugh when I met my husband I had no idea what a credit score was I mean okay I knew the concept 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you look out for her when I'm gone so Alex feels his jaw clutch because yeah basic can you watch out for my baby baby sister no worse than that can you move into my house oh my be my little sister's next door neighbor can you just make sure that she doesn't get kidnapped or killed or join a cult or something I would owe you big big time you already owe me big time is that a yes because you're the only one that I trust to not she's 21 22 actually 22 yeah you do not need a babysitter yeah maybe he's kindy of set it up he no what do you mean no he does not want them to get he's he tells Alex straight up you're the only one I trust to not try to you know and Alex is like [ __ ] your sister geez please please can we not say it like that but yeah but she's 22 like you don't need like exactly okay I mean we both know she's not your type Alex and even if she was we've been best friends for eight years I trust you Alex does not tell Josh that yeah AA is not his type but he was also very much enjoying the view in his car with her Lacy red bra I'm just really worried about her man okay I'm just really worried like okay okay I will take care of your sister don't worry Alex knows this is a huge mistake because when he promises something he means it he's going to take care of Ava and not just like a hey you good text every two weeks that's why he does so well in the business World okay when he says he's going to destroy someone he does it when he says he will watch over his best friend's little sister he doesn't the quote in the book reads I wasn't a protector I was a destroyer I broke Hearts crushed business opponents and did not care about the aftermath okay right after Alex promises to basically adopt Josh's full-grown adult sister he gets a call he steps out of the party and it's his uncle Ivan the CEO of his company well CEO is putting it very Loosely Ivan is the face of the company but everybody everyone on Wall Street everyone in the industry everyone in the media they all know it's really Alex running things behind the scenes I mean Uncle Ivan isn't bad per se he's great at being a CEO but he's no Alex volov and as for why Alex isn't CEO himself you know for the company he founded Archer group he's kind of preoccupied with something I mean the goal he has been chasing since his parents and his little sister were killed the killer and kill them the ultimate Revenge plot it was the only reason that Alex was still alive it was his only purpose for the past 16 years [ __ ] Vengeance that is the only thing he has been chasing that is it it was the only thing that really mattered to him destroy the person that destroyed his family Point Blank he picks up his phone and his uncle's raspy voice is on the other line is this a bad time no no no Uncle Ian did you take care of the problem yet no not yet but we're close you will give your family the peace they deserve soon my nephew they agree to meet each other next week after the board meeting because Alex is going to be a bit preoccupied this week he's going to be moving into joshu's house right next door to Ava Chen okay now a few days later Ava is over at Josh's helping him pack up the few remaining pieces of his life before he just moves for God knows how long and he tells her that a friend is going to be moving into the house while he's gone he's going to be house sitting wait why would you need a house sitter who Josh is smirking and it's making Ava nervous wait what the hell and then she hears it before she sees it some cars are loud because they have engine problems some cars are loud to let everybody on the Block know that a rich person is coming through two very distinct loud noises it's the ladder and it's no freaking way she runs to the front door and an Aston Martin is pulling into the driveway Alex gets out and Ava is standing there annoyed she does not want to be living next to a freaking babysitter but Ava best friend/ roommate jwes Jules has red hair an insane body I mean her body proportions are so out of this world people call her Jessica Rabbit you know just rabbit no is that a person it's a cartoon oh what the what do what do you mean what do you mean it's a cartoon okay so Jessica Rabbit Jules is just standing there staring at Alex like she wants to move her bed into his house now wait you're not moving in you can't move in here here Ava's freaking out Josh turns to Ava why can't he exactly because because no no no yeah yeah yeah I'm 22 years old Josh this is freaking ridiculous why is she freaking out I don't know actually I actually don't know you know that's a good question H would I be freaking out probably not I'd be like ooh what's going on okay um what I'm confused now so then Josh is like it's not about you he's house sitting so when I get back next year the house is still here you're lying and you know it you asked him to keep an eye on me I mean that would be nice if he finds himself with some extra time here right which don't act like I'm crazy after what happened with your ex-boyfriend Liam to be fair Josh is kind of right Liam cheated on AA this is her ex-boyfriend but is demanding she get back with him so for the past few months now he's been blowing up her phone calling her non-stop showing up at the gallery that she works at it's been overwhelming honestly yeah well I can take care of Liam she turns to Alex pleading I mean think about it like does he really want to leave his insane DC Penthouse to come live here near the college campus please just call the moving company it'll be a cute little joke don't you I don't know have a job in DC it's a 20-minute Drive Jules walks up to Alex swaying her hips just so we're clear I don't mind having you as a neighbor do you like to do yard work I recommend doing it shirtless it gets really hot out here all jokes aside Josh tells Ava I need to protect you and I can't not protect you Ava takes one look at him and she knows he's not messing around there's no convincing him otherwise this is going to be a very long uncomfortable year red velvet cookies that's what Ava is going to bring Alex in hopes of softening him up and trying to convince him to just pretend to spend the rest of his time in the house just go back to your penous she knocks on his door the next day with the little basket of fresh baked cookies it's a truce a peace offering but why the is she so nervous the door swings open and he's standing there in his suit he just got home from work his Blazer is off but his tie is still on and the way that his muscles are straining underneath the dresser just busting to get out bus is busting to come out of the dress shirt Dam the monster is about to come out all right go on here she shoves the basket in front of his face I bake them for you cookies welcome to the neighborhood I guess a gift I know you don't want to be here more than I don't want you to be here but but we can try to get along I guess right like a truce I didn't realize we were at war no but I'm just trying to be nice so we can live Easier lives this upcoming year you know just I don't know eat them throw them away give them to your pet snake I don't care I don't have a pet snake but thank you Eva blinks did this man just thank her he never thanks people she was honestly expecting him to slam the door shut in her face she is in such a State of Shock she doesn't move she's just staring at him do you want to come inside or something this is even weirder but Ava cannot give up on the chance to see what his house looks like how he furnished it sure she steps inside behind him and walks straight into the living room Josh's living room was very cozy it had a lot of personal touches books sports gear that things that he liked wait wait wait he he renovated the whole house no no he just furnished it he he literally furnished it yeah he's house sitting like what what are you doing he just [ __ ] okay yeah no he needs his like Restoration Hardware Furniture okay okay yeah Alex's place is sterile and cold not a single picture just cold statue artworks placed around not a photo guy why would I need photos for memories I don't need photos for that the memories are here he Taps the side of his head and the echo empty no we got it we got it the first time so we gotten into you today what got into you today you're kicking your feet this story aren't you me King my feet yeah memories fade sorry it's about to get [Applause] crazy you're so funny today I can't I can't get over that get over what it goes because I just imagine every time I go like this it's just hello hello hello hello hello hello okay let's go yeah but memories fade at least photos don't mine don't what do you mean yes they do they're memories I have hypo amesia or HS for short you have w Wait sounds like he has Amnesia or something what highly Superior autobiographical memory look it up look it up look it up you have photographic memory it's different it's different it h different it's different people with photographic memory recall details from a scene that they've observed for a short amount of time they can remember it people with HSM they remember almost every detail about every little thing that has ever happened in their lives every memory is still solidified and it will never go away and it's a curse yes really Ava is so confused because she's never heard Josh mention this not even once and the whole thing sounds straight out of a movie so you have Alex who has hsam M that remembers everything is and is unable to forget even the darkest moments of his life and then you have Ava who remembers basically jack [ __ ] about her childhood she wonders what is it like to remember everything Alex leans in So Close That Ava wants to back away it literally takes everything in her to not run out of this house his physical presence is overwhelming first of all he's huge but also there's something about his energy he takes up the entire room and leaves you suffocating it's like he's choking you okay it's like watching your life play out as a movie Sometimes It's a drama other times it's a horror movie no Romance Alex doesn't break eye contact but he doesn't respond either he just lets the question linger so long that Ava feels a droplet of sweat trickled down between her massive titties what that's what she said no I I'm like summarizing oh okay I think they're huge I think so that the vibe I was getting or they're perky at least I don't know what he looks and he smirks go home AA stay out of trouble Ava runs out of there like this is a Bankai she shaking up holding her Goods she's running okay she a track star and Alex is busy beating his fist into a face just another punch another punch and he punches the mannequin straight in the face and sweat drips down his forehead but he doesn't stop because he's a hot man hot men go art art you know they don't stop no stop hot men no stop sty like I love this book but at times this man is giving Giga Chad I'm here for it but it's giving Chad role playing as a tech nerd Alex works out at a local training center and Ralph the owner is his personal instructor he's this middle-aged man that's really strong at fighting and he's just teaching Alex how to I don't know kill people with his bare hands which reminds Alex it would actually might be perfect for Ava to learn some self-defense skills he's already upgraded her shitty house alarm system I mean this would just make things way better it's a win-win the more AA stays out of trouble the less Alex has to worry about her and he can focus on his big Revenge plan and running one of the most successful businesses to ever be publicly traded on the stock market though he probably would not mind her coming over sweating through her shirt boobies just hanging out baking him red velvet no he needs to focus this is his best friend's little sister he's talking about forbidden fruit forbidden fruit when Alex is done working out he goes to hit the showers and he's shaking The Sweat Beads off his hair and he checks his phone and he realizes Ava has yet to text him back it has been an hour usually she's very quick to responding but this time nothing she doesn't even have a scheduled photo shoot he knows because he runs background checks on all of our clients so where the hell is she that she can't pick up our freaking phone he pedals to the metal all the way back home like that that's him did you hear that okay he marches right up to her dwarf right next to his house he's knocking on the door trying to get the visual the memory out of his mind the blood the blood was everywhere it was all over his hands and his clothes just everywhere and that could be that could be Ava if Alex isn't Vigilant if he isn't cautious he waits for what feels like an attorney date until the door slowly opens I mean truly nobody makes Alex wait but here Alex is waiting the door opens and it's the red-haired roommate jwes she opens up the door and it just add agitates me even further where is she I'm sorry who are you looking for Ava she's not answering her phone I guess she's preoccupied with something or perhaps someone don't play games with me Jules I know your boss all it takes from me is one word and your internship is no more um I don't think that that's appropriate sir yeah actually that's that's giving what is that called in in Korea the chos do that to the h c yeah like you're just abusing your power and w w w wo I'm going to expose you I'm going expose you no actually that is a very big um criticism that this book receives because the main lead is listen we all love a possessive main lead but he's possessive to the point of like a little Overkill like right now yeah like yeah what are you doing yeah what are you doing that's a lot like who are you and she's like are you threatening me are you playing games with me they're just staring into each other's eyes daring the other party to do something and Jules gives up she's not in trouble she's with a friend she's not someone who likes to be glued to her phone when she's spending time with people Alex threatened juw some more with his connections and ability to send one text message one SMS and your career is zilch [ __ ] do you get me your future career in 2 seconds gone that's so hot yeah Jules gives in and is willing to tell Alex where Ava is under one condition she's allowed to go with him wherever she's going to take him okay and make sure that Ava's okay and Alex is not going to be a douchebag to her that's the plan but no promises there during the car ride they're rushing over to some random gu's house Jules gave Alex the address to and Jules brings up the idea that maybe just maybe Ava is too busy to text because she's having sex right now to which Alex starts freaking the fork out at even the thought of the suggestion he makes a mental promise in his head to kill anyone that would even think about touching AA in front of him he's seething at the idea that some disgusting little [ __ ] frat boy is going to or maybe it's her ex-boyfriend the guy who's trying to weasel his way back into her life Alex Parks the car at the house in question and starts marching inside upstairs they find Ava in the man's bedroom in black lacy lingerie something you would see on the cover of Playboy barely covering her butt most of her butt just hanging out the lace reveals more than it covers wait wait wait wait wait they just break into someone's house well the roommate opened the door and they just walk straight into a bedroom mhm and she's just laying there with lere yeah well she's standing there even her hair usually it's straight but right now it's in waves falling down her back her makeup smokey eye glossy red lips on her golden skin this is so much worse than sex Ava is standing there posing while theer is taking pictures it's a it's a b bdir bdir Bor bador hold the door what bador photo shoot what is that a sexy photo shoot yes they're whispering and giggling and laughing while staring at the photos that they took they're so engrossed in what they're doing they don't even notice Alex staring at them from the doorway what the hell is going on here Ava glances up and immediately starts covering herself up Alex what the hell are you doing here Jules is leaning up against the door smiling she's having fun you look so hot Ava I can't wait to see the pictures Alex shoots her a death glare nobody is seeing the pictures no one we're leaving grab your stuff Ava now he then turns to the blonde guy with the camera and forces him to delete every single photo or else Ava tries to wrestle the camera is this hot or is this questionable okay so so that was my thing I'm like reading and I'm like is this hot or is this questionable I think it would have been hotter had the relationship progressed better yeah like I just met you and you're giving stalker it's just like so unrealistically unhinged yeah yeah 911 911 wow okay like things progress so fast in this book okay yeah it's weird so Ava tries to wrestle the camera out of Alex's hands because he's permanently deleting every single photo and clearly it's not working Alex the karate man I don't think so she's not getting the camera so she resorts to threatening him if you don't let me have the camera back right now I will walk right out that door and I will walk around this neighborhood in this linger set yeah try me if you do Ava I will destroy your friend's career until he has no choice but to advertise his work on Craigslist and only get bookings for $5 neighborhood photo shoots for their children's birthday parties is that what you want the two of them are so close their faces are just inches apart and Ava knows Alex would do it even without encouragement you're an [ __ ] get dressed Ava and with that Alex deletes every single photo that they took the three of them Alex Ava and Jules they storm back into the car and Alex and Ava are pissed but Jules is enjoying the show in the car Ava is protesting the whole way home she's I mean who is this guy overprotective great right but who is he to tell her what she can and cannot do you're not my dad you're not my brother what is wrong with you I'm safe I wasn't being kidnapped or forced into anything that doesn't concern you he's taking photos of you practically nude it concerns me do you know what would happen if he were to leak those it's badar it's B it's B it's photography it's art people do this all the time so what if they get leaked it's not like I'm doing it on video how did you even know where the hell I was oopsie that might have been me Jules Pops from the back seat anyway it's been 2 weeks since Alex was put on babysitting Duty and he already wants to strangle Ava and Jules is having a freaking blast with the story she's adding new details each time Ava's got a group of girlfriends that she met in college they're like an odd bomb mix of friends but they get along really well you have Ava Jules her bombshell redhead Jessica Rabbit sexy roommate that every guy but Josh and Alex are interested in forking for some reason then you have Stella who's an influencer and then Bridget who's a princess princess how yeah no princess of a small but wealthy European country okay okay but despite being a princess she's very down to earth okay and Jules is telling them the story look something the next one is Wonder Woman and then we're got to Avengers so Stella and Bridget are disappointed that they weren't there to see Alex freak out but Ava is stabbing her Greek yogurt with a spoon trust me you didn't miss anything good it was just humiliating honestly but Jules finds it fascinating but don't you think it's weird he was so pissed yeah okay Alex vov with was pissed I'm not sure where you're going with this Jules when was the last time you saw Alex pissed or happy or is sad he has no emotions he's a robot Stella rolls her eyes he's not a robot that's a psychopath robot I'm just like beep beep poop he's so cute anyway Stella's like he's not a robot he's a little psychopath nobody normal has that little feelings for some strange reason Ava feels the need to defend him I mean he's not that bad once you get to know him the point here is everybody listen up Alex shows emotions towards Ava nobody else but Ava you don't think that's a weird I'm just saying this could be fun wait what kind of fun Bridget don't egg her on that day at the cafe the four girls decide operational motion shall commence a series of phases of test to make Alex vov feel some sort of emotion to prove that he is not a robot and he has insides the first phase sadness Ava goes over to Alex's house with sad movies to watch with him which side note she's basically forgiven him for what he did at the friend's photo shoot she knocks on the door with a copy a DVD because she loves DVDs she's one of those girls she's got a copy of Marley and Me And A Walk to Remember how can you not cry at those movies Ava knocks on the door and he answers looking scrum delumptious he's in the middle of getting ready for a date about to walk out but he cancels his date last minute so he can watch movies with AA which are you kidding me what about your date let me worry about her they plop down on the couch and Ava turns on Marley and Me Ava can't help but stare at Alex while the movie plays I mean the way that his shirt is stretching to contain his broad shoulders the two buttons on his shirt are undone and just like everything about this this man is a greatek god statue by the chest abouted that Shir it's about the bust bust okay by the end of the movie Ava a puddle of Tears how are you not crying right now this is like the saddest movie there is it's fiction Ava Ava feels the overwhelming urge to put her hand on his back and rub his back basically his muscles are ripping out of his shirt God Zilla style and she's feeling him up what are you doing I'm trying to find your control panel just in case you need a software update or something where's the switch it's actually down here it's actually down here baby girl I'd be such a good boy no I wouldn't but maybe okay Alex doesn't laugh but he grabs her arm and Spins her around so that she's on top of him straddling her his leg she can feel heat everywhere on her body she's basically dry humping him and they're staring into each other's eyes I don't know how the physics of this twirl worked but it did I don't know okay I'm not your toy Ava don't try to humanize me either I'm not a tortured hero from one of your romantic books you don't know what I'm capable of and just because your brother asked me to look after you does not mean I can protect you from yourself or your bleeding heart Ava's blushing it's just a joke why is he taking it so seriously and the way that he's talking is kind of pissing her off like why does he talk to her like she doesn't even know her own emotions but before she can even think of something remotely Wy to say he stares at her I feel you dripping what dripping Ava is shook it to the core she can't even look at this man anymore she basically lunges throws her body onto the couch next to him she can't do it she can't check to see if there's a wet stain on his leg but she's just she's just wait what are you say he smirks and he says sunshine I'm talking about he calls her Sunshine that's her new nickname I'm talking about your dripping heart I know my husband loves me because he sees my morning face which is honestly not that cute I feel like there is an unskippable 2-hour period between me waking up and me looking like a goddess I'm kidding I'm kidding which by the way this is all a joke he loves me regardless it is in our relationship contract that does not exist but if it did exist it's in there in the small print the fine print Thou shalt love me regardless of morning face and I shall somewhat love you regardless of thou morning breath even exchange regardless I did finally find that it's 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at Thrive cosmetics.com bake that's Thrive cosmetics d a u s e m e TI I cs.com bake for 10% off your first order put it in what the next movie put it in the DVD player Ava is shaking trying to get A Walk to Remember into the player she just wants to run home but instead she sticks it out literally she puts pillows between them and tries to act casual nothing weird and Alex makes a mental reminder to kill JN when he gets back because now he is carrying Josh's little sister up the stairs she fell asleep during the bizarre movie marathon and it's pouring rain so he can't walk her back to her house he doesn't want her to sleep on the couch because it's not good for her back and considering he never has guests he doesn't have a guest bedroom or guest bed so he places Ava on his bed and you would think that he's now going to go sleep on the couch right no but that would hurt his back so he just lays right next to Ava and watches her sleep apparently she did not wake up while he carried her up the stairs I think she's been drugged I have my speculations my theories allegedly don't sue me I feel like she's been drugged because I feel like I would have woken up if I fell asleep in someone's home and then I they're transporting me up the stairs Alex tried to ignore the fact that her skin is smoother than silk and he's very concerned because somewhere along the way he stopped seeing Ava as Josh's little sister and more as a woman a beautiful pure-hearted but feisty woman who might kill him one day Alex regrets letting her in earlier he should have just gone to dinner with meline it was on his schedule but honestly that would have been miserable too meline hos is one of the girls on his rotation she's a pain in the ass to be around but she quots like a star this is why I don't like men's POV you know what I mean I don't I I've never sat in my seat and looked at a man and went I wish I knew what was going on in his mind because once I feel like I know 1% I'm like I don't want to know anything more okay but outside of the bedroom meline is just a miserable time the only reason he would agree to any of these dates is because he knows that she doesn't see it as an emotional connection she sees it as networking it's social credit she's a social light for her to be seen out eating dinner with DC's most eligible bachelor she will laugh and brush his arm and act like they're dating when they're not and she knows it he's stroking her ego she's stroking his you yeah get it you get it okay meline house would never fall in love with Alex vov that's the only reason it worked you know she only loves herself and Status symbols that's it but she was getting annoying and he knew that when he called her to cancel and she started freaking out about it that's when he knew it's time to kick her out the rotation meline should never think that she can get mad at Alex he doesn't know her anything meline is clearly mistaken they are nothing she has nothing to him and if she forgets that she's no longer welcome in his bed Alex crawls into bed next to Ava and he tries to ignore the presence of a hot warm female body next to him no literally hot burning up at this point because Ava has a nightly secret that only her closest friends know about she has night tears she wakes up screaming in the middle of the night and the night tears are always the Only One Singular memory that she has of her childhood is that she drowned in a lake behind her uh family's house wait so she drowned in the lake yeah but they saved her okay so she didn't die but he's also scared of water no only Ava is oh Ava is yeah he he he can he's Michael Phelps he's perfect at everything he's the best okay so she has that one nightmare of her drowning over and over and every single morning she wakes up screaming drenched in sweat at 4:44 a.m. which she's half Chinese or full Chinese I'm not sure but you know 4 4:44 that's what I'm saying that's death death Death that's triple death that's triple homicide in her nightmare that's crazy so yeah I mean it's a lot and then Alex hears her screaming that night he's jumping out of bed grabbing the gun because he thinks there's an intruder a home Invader he hears AA screaming no stop help me please and a few seconds the lights are on Alex has his gun R ready to kill whoever but when he looks around nobody's there aa's just tossing and turning in bed she's screaming help it sounds like she's choking it's The Exorcist okay no matter how much you desperately want someone to be out of the painful dream when somebody is having night haars you don't just wake them up it's best to let it P really that's what he said oh and he has an IQ of 160 so are you going to argue okay now you cannot wake them up okay Alex knows this he's been there he waits he watches Ava thrash around for 30 minutes straight before she slowly calms down and falls back into a peaceful Slumber only then could Alex fall asleep not that he was fighting sleep to begin with he has insomnia so he only sleeps 2 to three hours per night that's it wow you know world domination okay AA wakes up the next morning feeling the soft sheets and the she's just so good and what is the scent it's like spicy it's it's like Woody she rolls over onto the bed Smiles with her eyes closed and then the realization hits her her bed is not this big she opens one eye looks around and the whole room is different then she opens up another eye and sees a man staring down at her and not just any man that man is Alex vov he [ __ ] his head looks down not at her face but down she follows his gaze and oh my God her hand is holding his wee we I don't know how that happened what the [ __ ] wait he's still in bed yeah and she's grabbing to onto it I don't know if it's like a gorilla grip like Gorilla Glue grip okay but I think it's uh it's like there okay and naturally what's next it's like it's hard she freezes instead of freaking out she freezes with her hand still there if you could remove your hand from my dick unless you have other plans for it Ava scrambles out of bed now what what happened last night oh my God Ava starts running her hands through her hair [ __ ] [ __ ] [ __ ] this is Josh's best friend nothing happened you fell asleep during the dog movie and it was raining so so you slept up here what else could have happened Sunshine don't call me that why not it's not my name that's what they call nicknames I don't think we're close enough for nicknames Alex is staring at her amused but all Ava wants to do is find the biggest crater on the face of the Earth and crawl into it she rushes to grab her things and runs out of the house and immediately goes to report it to her friends Bridget's bodyguard cuz she's a princess remember she's got a bodyguard following her everywhere glances at the girls when she shouts you touched his day it's not a very princessy word Bridget oh my God how was it oh God I'm not going to go there it felt like anybody's anyway the point is the movies did not make him sad operation sadness is a fail he did not shed a single tear he told me don't cry it's fiction so the girls decide the next phase of their plan is going to be a bit easier disgusted if he can't feel sadness at least he can feel disgust no this part of the plan is easier Ava bakes him another batch of cookies but instead of red velvet this time she bakes in garlic asparagus and raisins mixed with sugar operation discussed also a fail Alex ate it made no reaction on his face so what do you think you baked these you baked the red velvet cookies and then you bake these Yep they're fine disgust failed they knew it failed because Ava tried one out and almost threw up they were really bad then it's time for operational motion phase happiness what makes people happy that's the multi-million dollar question literally he's got millions of dollars what else could he possibly need juwels suggests a blow job because of course she does but Ava is not willing to sacrifice her soul for this experiment instead Ava settles on a picnic which should have been operation annoyed instead because that's how Alex was the entire time just sitting there looking mildly concerned for aa's mental health that she would enjoy such a horrid activity the grass is soaked with dog urine you do know that right that was a failure so the operation phase fear was next the girls could not come up with a single thing that he would be scared of they thought maybe they could pretend to Rob him at knife point but knowing his shredded body and his Hitman fighting skills he would likely have killed them first so that was moot point which meant that the whole operation sadness disgust happiness fear gone out the window I don't know what this plot was for yeah what's going on genuinely I don't know what group of 22 yearolds be plotting like this what is going on right now he felt none of those things just mild irritation and annoyance at all times so operation emotion gone the girls are ranting about how big of a fail their entire operation is when Ava of the voice sends a chill down Ava's back Liam again normally he's the definition of trust fun baby frat boy but today he looks rough like he wasn't the one to be caught porking a strange blonde girl that night that he claimed he was too sick to come over to Ava's house so Ava went over to bring him chicken soup and she wanted him to eat chicken soup and not see his chicken bone in another woman you know what I mean that's why they broke up can we talk his breath reeks of alcohol I'm good but thanks please 5 minutes that's all you get Ava's friend looks concerned like she's even willing to give him the time of day but Ava truly has no intention of getting back with this guy she just feels like if she hears him out it's going to be easier and faster to to give him the closure that he clearly needs to move on and honestly just leave her the fork alone when they're outside alone give me another chance what I'm sorry I'm not doing that come on I get it you're pissed but you made me do this for months you've punished me okay I get the message I'm sorry the messages were done I'm not punishing you I'm done with you we're never getting back together for the first time Liam loses his cool or at least first time that aa's seen he's coming towards her why you got a new man or some [ __ ] what Fu you you're the one that cheated aa's about to storm off but he grabs her wrist hard let go of me who are you fuing huh Ava realizes as she's staring into his eyes not only is he drunk but he's high too it's none of your freaking business and with that Ava knees him in the balls and runs off and she can hear him screaming behind her [ __ ] she runs back into the coffee shop and her girlfriends are now running out with The Bodyguard to I don't know kill him I guess but he scurried away holding his little testy that weekend was the night of one of DC's biggest charity Galas and of course Alex is in attendance more so out of obligation than anything but at least he can try to pretend to have fun and judging the [ __ ] out of everybody including Colton higher up in major software company heavily invested in lobbying the government let's be real Colton is a nobody to Alex but his dad is high up in the FBI so he keeps Colton around and smirks at his shitty jokes Colton's joning on and on about his new work Revelations when he stops mids sentence mouth is hanging open and he's staring at the entrance Alex looks over uninterested when he sees her don't tell's like holy [ __ ] no who is that girl she's fing hot AA yeah I never seen her before in DC it is Ava Chen wearing a liquid gold shimmering gown it's just draping over her hugging her every curve exposing her smooth as shoulders swanlike neck her dark eyes red lips all smiles completely oblivious due the fact that every disgusting man in the room wants to take her home tonight will not home most of them want to take her to a hotel because most of them are married she's like a little Bambi in a room full of wolves Alex realizes he's gripping his champagne glass a little too hard what the hell is she doing here wearing that kind of dress Alex starts making his way over to Ava eyes locked in ready to give her a mouthful of staying out of trouble when the perfume infiltrates his nostrils and it's so very clear who it is he looks down it's meline hos Alex where have you been you haven't been answering my calls busy he tries to step aside but she stops him and runs a finger down his arm you still need to make it up to me for canceling on me for dinner I don't have to do anything I think we're done here what are you breaking up with me right now no we were never together so no I'm not breaking up with you besides that Congressman over there looks quite interested perhaps he can help your father's business why don't you SL lither over there what I'm not some girl you can just pimp out when you're done I'm meline hos did you forget Alex threatens to ruin her and her whole family's business if she doesn't back off off of him okay he's got no time for this [ __ ] he has a girl he's got to track down by the time that he leaves meline seething he sees it too late Colton and Ava are dancing to the music swaying Colton's hands are inching lower and lower on Ava's hips and she's laughing he's not even funny something funny Eva looks shocked to see Alex interrupt I mean of course he'd be here but like what on the other hand Colton does not look shocked or impressed he looks confused why is Alex messing with his chances right now why is he cockadoodle blockin just telling her it's a joke I can catch up with you later Alex we're kind of in the middle of actually you're not in the middle of anything so koten is is Coten like above Alex or they're just like kind of in the is below Alex oh yeah it's just because that's his daddy is yeah his daddy's high up in the FBI and why does he care about FBI you'll see oh Alex moves in to swoop Ava away from Colton and has his hands on her hips now he doesn't even look at Colton he knows he needs to fix it though you have to leave Colton business calls but we'll get lunch next week at Valhalla Alex just gave Colton the networking ticket of a lifetime I think only like a hundred non- guests are allowed in vhalla every single year yeah yeah I'd love that see you guys later good night Colton scurries off but AA looks pissed that was my dance partner not anymore besides he's a slime ball and you should stay away from him if you know what's good for you what do you know what's good for me you don't even know me they're swaying to the music staring at each other why don't you find out okay my favorite color yellow my favorite ice cream mint chocolate chip favorite season you tell everyone it's summer but secretly winter fascinates you it's cold it's scary but it's everything you fear and somehow that fear makes you feel even more alive why don't you try something harder okay what do I want in life you want love sorry deep unconditional love you want it so badly you're willing to say yes to anything one more favor one more kind gesture you're so desperate for someone to love you you'd be willing to [ __ ] yourself out in that moment dancing with Ava Al realizes what he admires most about Ava is what he hates most about her Darkness craves light and once it gets it it wants to destroy it Alex feels in that moment nothing was more clear than the fact that he wants to Fork her right then and there he says I hated how much I wanted her and I hated that she wasn't smart enough to run away from me while she still had the chance though let's be honest it was already too late she was mine she just didn't know it yet Ava stares up at him isn't that what you want absurd you must have me confused sunshine you don't fool me Alex you want everyone to think that you have no soul no heart but you have a golden heart just like mine it's just encased in a thick layer of ice what did I tell you about humanizing me I'm not humanizing you I'm telling you the truth go home you shouldn't be here I'll go home when I want to and with that Ava pulls away and disappears into the crowd and the rest of the night Alex makes an effort to not look at Ava but he always tries to keep her somewhere in the line of sight until she leaves probably went home for the night which Speaking of it's time for Alex to go home too he makes his way over to the coat check when he hears get off of me what the he slams open the coat check door and there Liam is pushing Ava up against the wall with her wrist up pinned over her head you told me you weren't seeing anyone new his words are slurring he's drunk I saw you dancing with him you're insane let me go or do you want me to kick you in the balls again I told you I love you why can't you just let me back I know you still have feelings for me down you have 3 seconds to get off of me or so help me Liam I will and Ava pushes her head back and headbutts him straight in the head there's blood gushing out of his head and the pleading turns to anger you [ __ ] you broke my nose but before he can hit Ava Alex grabs him throws him onto the ground and starts punching him that's for calling her a that's for holding her up against the wall that's for cheating on her he's just going in he loses track of how many times he's punched Liam but it's enough to knock him nearly unconscious and he's just laying there in a pool of his own blood Alex stop you're going to kill him please Alex finally rips himself off of Liam and threatens his entire future and career if he does anything and the two of them walk away in the car on the way home Alex convinces Ava to take self-defense courses and she's debating it and she tries to reassure him that she's fine she's just shaking up but everything's good but then she has a full-blown panic attack in the car not just any panic attack but like you know her nightmare it's about her drowning mhm she's envisioning it but she's awake like this has never happened before okay when she snaps out of it she realizes Alex has parked on the side of the road and his face is a mixture of concern for her but also just like pure anger and hatred and this is where the book started to lose me because they just met I feel like they just met there's nothing to indicate that they have a solidified foundation for a relationship and she says he looks like he wants to burn the world down at seeing me hurt she has to remind herself don't be so naive of course he wants to protect her he promised Josh he would it's not because he cares about her but he says I will destroy Liam I will destroy and ruin everything he has his entire family all of them until they are nothing but a pile of Ashes at your feet damn kind of go with his words and she's like no it's not because of Liam it's just a nightmare I don't want to talk about it let's go eat so he takes her to a fast food restaurant and they show up in their black thae attire of course they do and they're munching on fries and suddenly AA is ready to talk about it she's just like me like I don't want to talk about it I don't want to talk about it I don't want to talk about it two french fries 4 minutes later I'm talking about it what Ava tells Alex how her mom she was going through a lot during the divorce with her father and her mom had some sort of breakdown and tried to kill Ava by pushing her into the lake I'm laughing because it's so unhinged her mom knew that she couldn't swim and the only reason that Ava is alive today is because her dad dove into the water and dragged her out soon after that Ava's mom self- exited but things were just never the same Ava's mom tried to kill her Ava's dad never gives her attention even her own parents the people who are supposed to love her unconditionally and maybe it's her fault maybe if she was a better daughter to both stop you don't work to get people to love you love isn't earned it's given what happened to you not believing in love I don't but I see the value in it it's like money the worth is determined by those who seek it and you obviously do so cynical in between bites of fries Ava strikes a deal with Alex she will take self-defense classes so long as he lets her do a photo shoot a portrait shoot with him as the subject and he agrees so this photo shoot is like a Cess pool of sexual tension they want to clearly rip each other's clothes off using their two front teeth but neither of them want to admit to it Ava tries to make him admit in the photo shoot and he Alex isn't having it if I wanted you I would have taken you AA well maybe you're too scared to Alex leans in that's crazy and starts tracing his finger down her shoulder getting closer and closer to her big titties I don't know how big they are is that what you want what no finish what the photo shoot Ava finish the photo shoot right the photo shoot they sit in silence while Ava snaps pictures and when they're done he walks out with his coat without a single good bye which would have gotten Ava all up in her feelings but she's too busy looking through the pictures in most of them Alex looks bored or agitated what's new but there's one where it looks like he forgot to control his facial emotions and she snapped a picture and he is looking at Ava with desire he wants her and she has confirmation now and for some reason she can't shake this feeling that this is going to change her life what's going to change her life Alex duh they're going to do it duh and that's where I leave you with part one guys this is not going to be a four parter because this is also not like a 700 page book it's a 350 page book it's going to be a two-parter part two gets crazy a lot of people get murdered oh is it better it's better really this is like the setup oh the setup so let me know your thoughts did you guys read this book did you love it did you read the whole series because I think there's a book for each of the best friends Jules Stella Bridget what do you mean I think Bridget starts her bodyguard oh yeah oh de oh they all have a oh so what about so there's the princess is the main character I think she starts her bodyguard I think Jules is going to get with Josh is my feeling I don't know anything about the other books and then what's the other girl Stella the influencer oh influencer oh I think she gets with her landlord what wow yeah wow so let me know in the comments and I'll see you guys in the next one