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

“Go kill each other for the best rooms!” Wes exclaimed, holding the door open for the kids. 


“Nice,” I sighed. “Really nice way to start your role as guardian.” 


Wes tugged me by my waist, and I collided with his chest. “Welcome home, my love,” he whispered. 


I smiled and took a look at our foyer. 


High ceilings create an echo of our voices. This house may be old, but it’s been taken care of over the years. The old furniture has been replaced with black leather because the kids would ruin the original white furniture. Tall double staircases were on either side of the foyer. The walls are a boring ivory color, but we're going to change that. This house screams 'fancy rich people' but soon it's going to scream 'Hastings!' 


Most of Wes’ father’s childhood memories are in storage, but some of his pictures are still on the walls. 


Chapter 49: First Night Jitters