The pair seals their scheme with a formal contract, and as tutoring sessions transform into elaborate fake dates, Athalia finds herself caught between worlds. The longer they pretend, the more those butterflies in her stomach feel dangerously real. Falling for McCarthy was definitely rule #7 on their “don’t” list, but as the line between fake and real blurs, she must decide what she truly wants: the twin she’s desperate to reconnect with, or the boy who might be worth breaking all her rules for.