Everyone at Rosewood High thinks Y/N has the perfect boyfriend. Adrian Voss is charming, protective, and completely devoted to her — at least in public. Behind closed doors, his love is controlling, manipulative, and impossible to escape, but Y/N mistakes his possessiveness for passion and his jealousy for proof that he cares. Kieran Marbles, the school’s infamous bad boy, sees through Adrian immediately. Used to meaningless attention and girls constantly throwing themselves at him, Kieran never expected to care about someone the way he cares about Y/N. What starts as concern slowly becomes something deeper as he watches her lose pieces of herself trying to love someone who only hurts her. And while Y/N keeps convincing herself Adrian loves her the best he can, Kieran is left wondering one thing: If love is supposed to hurt this much… why does being around her make him want to love her better instead?