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

“AHH!” I shouted, feeling my heart race beyond belief. I turned around and grabbed Ariel in my arms and tickled her stomach. “How dare you scare me? This is payback for giving me a heart attack.” 


Ariel is now six years old and she’s still the light of my life. 


“I’m sorry!” Ariel squealed, squirming under my hands. “Help me! Wessy!” 


A pair of arms wrapped around my shoulders and tore my hands away from Ariel’s stomach. 


“Ah yes, Wes is here to save the day,” I said sarcastically. 


The relationship between Wes and Ariel is the most genuine and loving relationship I’ve been blessed to see blossom over these last two years. Wes rearranged his entire life to make sure that either he or I were home with Ariel when we were getting settled into the house. 


“Come on,” Wes said, prying me out of my desk chair. “You’ve been staring at a computer screen for days. It’s time to take a break.” 


Chapter 50: Epilogue