Sabotaging Our Platonic Bond
Penelope Wilde · Ongoing · 162 Chapters
About this book
He was the untouchable bad boy everyone wanted. She was his invisible best friend. Until a brutal game of spin the bottle changed all the rules.✨ TROPES: Best Friends to Lovers • Bad Boy x Nerdy Girl • Forced Proximity • Love Triangle Drama • Jealousy & Possession • Slow-Burn TensionTo the entire school, Emma was just "the quiet, nerdy girl"—the invisible ghost with her nose buried in books, whom nobody ever noticed. But her quiet reality hid a dangerous, heartbreaking secret. She was hopelessly, desperately in love with her childhood best friend, Logan Reyes—the notorious bad boy whom everyone wanted but nobody could ever tame.And Logan didn't have a single clue.To him, Emma was his safe haven. They shared late-night laughs, endless banter, and a tight bond. But she was strictly the platonic confidante—the girl he talked to right before he went out with girls like Vanessa, the vicious reigning queen bee who had just claimed him as her boyfriend.One wild party. One spin of a bottle. One forbidden kiss that shattered a lifelong friendship.Emma thought she could survive the torture of watching Logan from the sidelines forever. Until Vanessa’s party. Roped into a high-stakes game of spin the bottle, the room goes dead silent as the arrow points straight to Logan.In front of the entire school, and under the venomous glare of his girlfriend, Logan didn't just give Emma a friendly peck. He kissed her with a raw, dominant passion that left her breathless and changed everything.The bad boy is done playing by the rules. And he’s coming for his best friend.Suddenly, the strange, unspoken chemistry they always ignored explodes into a blazing fire. Logan stops looking at Emma like a little sister and starts pursuing her unabashedly, breaking every rule he's ever lived by. His attention is thrilling, unsettling, and completely forbidden.As a toxic whirlwind of school gossip, deadly jealousy from Vanessa, and overwhelming emotions close in, Emma tries desperately to resist. But how do you fight a boy who knows all your weaknesses—especially when he's ready to ruin his own reputation just to make you his?
Just Friends
I’ve always been “the quiet, nerdy girl”. The girl with her nose buried in a book, the girl people barely notice. But my world is a lot more complicated than it seems. You see, I’m absolutely, hopelessly in love with my best friend, Logan Reyes. And he has no idea.
Logan and I have been friends forever. To him, I’m just Emma, the girl he’ll talk to about everything—except his new flings, like Vanessa, the school's reigning queen bee. She’s got her sights on him and everyone knows it. Meanwhile, Logan and I share this strange, unspoken chemistry that I can’t ignore, even if we act like it’s no big deal.
But everything changes the night I get roped into a game of spin the bottle at Vanessa’s party. And the bottle lands on Logan.
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Warning: Prolonged exposure to Logan may result in a one-night stand and a series of bad decisions. But let’s be honest, even if he came with that warning, girls would still throw themselves at him like he was some kind of cosmic reward for good behavior. And those girls? Yeah, they’d rather set me on fire than see me breathe the same air as him.
“Em, you seriously need to get out more,” Logan said.
“And what? Join your cult of admirers?” I clutched my soda like it was a shield. “No, thanks. I’m not cut out for worshiping at the altar of Logan Reyes.”
His grin widened. “It’s an exclusive fan club. I might be able to get you in, though.”
“Oh, how generous. What’s the membership fee? My dignity?”
Logan laughed, the kind of laugh that made everyone else sound like they were trying too hard.
He leaned back, hands behind his head. “You know, if you were a little nicer and open, you might actually make some friends.”
“Friends like you?” I scoffed, tossing a balled-up napkin at his head. He caught it midair, of course, because apparently, being good at everything was just part of his DNA.
“Exactly. I’m a great friend.”
“You’re insufferable.”
“And you’re fun to mess with.” He leaned closer. His face was suddenly way too close, his stupidly perfect jawline practically mocking me. “Admit it—you’d be bored without me.”
I’d be lost without you, my traitorous thoughts whispered, uninvited.
My gaze lingered on his lips for a little too long, and I wouldn’t have found the strength to pull away if Logan hadn’t broken the unintentional spell. Hopefully, he didn’t notice.
“See you later, Em,” he said standing up to leave. His grin should have been illegal. My brain short-circuited as I tried to act like I haven’t just melted in front of him like a piece of chocolate left out in the sun.
