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It's Not What It Looks Like

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Reads 245,292
Votes 13,274
Parts 20
Time 4h 37m

In which the popular boy attempts to use an exchange student to make his ex girlfriend jealous, but his ex ends up (fake) dating the exchange student instead.

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After nearly three years of breaking and making up with her ex-boyfriend, all that Silena Valentine wants is some peace and quiet. Instead, she gets Mena Skelin- a handful of a temporary roommate, whose otherwise extensive vocabulary doesn't seem to include either of those words. Soon enough, Silena finds herself volunteering to do things she never would have even imagined: like kissing someone in front of the entire school, and catching very real feelings for her very fake girlfriend. 

And the latter kind of sucks, since she's pretty certain that Mena is only doing this in order to get revenge at the boy she actually likes.

But then again, everything isn't always what it looks like.All Rights Reserved

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