THE BOY I STOPPED CHOOSING

Description：
At Westbridge Academy, everyone knows Mae Bennett and Jace Hayes belong together—except the version of Jace who keeps using love like a leash.
Mae has spent years apologizing first, enduring public slights, and telling herself that history is enough to hold a relationship together. But when a cruel dare, a humiliating breakup, and one too many betrayals finally crack that illusion, Mae is forced to face a truth she has been avoiding for far too long: loving Jace has been costing her pieces of herself.
Then Adrian Sterling steps in.
Cold, brilliant, and impossible to ignore, Adrian is Westbridges top transfer student—the kind of boy people watch from a distance. He offers Mae something Jace never did: steadiness. A plan. Respect. As the pressure of final exams tightens, school gossip turns vicious, and Jaces new attachment to glamorous transfer Chloe Morgan becomes impossible to ignore, Mae finds herself pulled into Adrians orbit instead.
But Westbridge is built on rankings, rumors, and public humiliation, and walking away from Jace is not as simple as ending a relationship. To reclaim her future, Mae will have to survive sabotage, outscore the people who underestimated her, and learn the difference between being chosen and being cherished.
With sharp emotional tension, a vindicating comeback arc, and a light speculative twist in the form of mysterious bullet comments only Mae can see, this is a campus romance about self-respect, revenge, and the kind of love that never asks her to shrink.
Author Biography：
Evelyn Cole is a contemporary romance author known for emotionally rich stories of love, longing, and second chances.