Taking care of children is hard enough when you're a parent. It's harder when you're a seventeen-year-old high schooler.

Lucy Hastings is the caretaker of five foster siblings -Seth, Serena, Derek, Oliver, and Ariel. The six of them have been together for years, under the love of their foster parents. When their foster mom passes away their foster dad needs to work more to make ends meet. The kids want to be a family, so Lucy steps up to take care of the kids.

Keeping everybody around her at arm's length, Lucy finds it difficult to hide her true self from new student, Wesley Reynolds. He seems to be everywhere, why can't she escape him?

Lucy has denied feelings of affection for anyone. She pushes away anyone who could care about her. What's she to do when she can't deny her growing feelings for Wesley Reynolds?

Meant To Be is created by Samantha Auz, an eGlobal Creative Publishing signed author.

Meant to Be

A stack of pancakes the size of my head sat in front of me. Wes dug into his own stack the second the food arrived at the table. I didn’t have the stomach to eat anything right now. The kids are home with Jasper. Double Trouble is declaring that they’re in charge, but Jasper is doing the best he can to keep an eye on all five of them. 


“We could’ve gone to your house or mine if you weren't hungry,” Wes pointed out. 


“Sorry. It looks really good. I’m just trying to not throw up right now,” I said, making Wes visibly shift further from me. Too bad we’re sitting in a booth, and he can’t escape. 


“Are you okay?” Wes asked, reaching across the table. He placed his hand on my forehead. “You don’t feel sick. Do you want to leave?” 


I took a deep breath and stabbed my stack of pancakes with my fork. 


“I’m going to tell you something and it may cause you to run in the opposite direction,” I said. 


Chapter 27: The Truth Won't Always Set You Free