Fake it 'til you make it has been the motto I live by since my mother died.

I'm also doing a really bad job at the making it part.

The night we met, I was at my lowest.

But you gave me a reason to feel happy again.

For the first time in over a year, I was optimistic.

You and I? We're the same. Don't form attachments. Follow the rules. Don't dream of a future.

Too bad our hearts wouldn't listen.

And this storm we're going through? The one that threatens to rip us apart?

It doesn't care that I'm falling for you.

Falling for You is created by Jennifer Van Wyk, an eGlobal Creative Publishing author.

Falling for You

"You think you’re so funny, don’t you? Teasing me like this?"


"I’m in your head, gorgeous. I know what you’re thinking."


Walking backwards, I keep my eyes trained on him as I shed my zip-up hooded sweatshirt. I look like a complete ragamuffin. How he finds me attractive when I’m not wearing a lick of makeup, my clothes look like I slept in them, because I totally did, and my hair is sticking up in a thousand different directions is beyond me, and his eyes flare when he notices the tiny tank top I’m wearing underneath. It was chilly enough at the pumpkin patch that I never needed to remove my jacket, thank goodness.


My yoga pants have slight flare at the bottom, but they hug my ass, molding it and somehow lifting it high. Throughout our time this afternoon I saw him not-so discreetly checking it out on several occasions, which made me grateful I kept them on like he suggested.


Chapter 32: Goodness He's Fun