The Light that Tamed Him

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Summary

Deja Hadley is the quiet top student—rules, routines, and a five-year plan. She’s invisible to most people, and that’s how she likes it. Until she’s assigned a senior project partner: Lux Barrett, the school’s golden-haired heartbreaker. Star athlete, serial flirt, never seen with the same girl twice. He doesn’t take school seriously—and definitely not girls like Deja . Forced to work together, their partnership starts rocky. Lux is distracted and unreliable. Deja is cold and dismissive. But as their project requires real collaboration, their walls start to crack. She challenges him. He listens. She starts to laugh around him. He starts to show up—early, even. Rumors spread. People talk. Deja friends warn her he’s just playing with her. Lux’s circle mocks him for “catching feelings.” But behind library meetings and late-night texts, something real is building. Then Lux does what he always does—pulls away the second things get real. Now Deja has to decide if she’ll chase the boy everyone says will never change… or make him prove, for the first time in his life, that he can.

Status
Ongoing
Chapters
27
Rating
5.0 1 review
Age Rating
16+

Introduction

hiiii reader!!! <3 if you've chosen to read i'd like to give you a bigggg virtual hug <33333! here's a little intro to get you into the book:

Deja Hadley is the quiet top student—rules, routines, and a five-year plan. She’s invisible to most people, and that’s how she likes it.

Until she’s assigned a senior project partner: Lux Barrett, the school’s golden-haired heartbreaker. Star athlete, serial flirt, never seen with the same girl twice. He doesn’t take school seriously—and definitely not girls like Deja .

Forced to work together, their partnership starts rocky. Lux is distracted and unreliable. Deja is cold and dismissive. But as their project requires real collaboration, their walls start to crack. She challenges him. He listens. She starts to laugh around him. He starts to show up—early, even.

Rumors spread. People talk. Deja friends warn her he’s just playing with her. Lux’s circle mocks him for “catching feelings.” But behind library meetings and late-night texts, something real is building.

Then Lux does what he always does—pulls away the second things get real.

Now Deja has to decide if she’ll chase the boy everyone says will never change... or make him prove, for the first time in his life, that he can.

i hope you love deja and lux just as much as i do!

love, audrey

book playlist:

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I Hate U- SZA

Nobody’s Girl- Tate McRae

CHANEL- Tyla

F2F- SZA

Lie to Girls- Sabrina Carpenter

Headphones On- Addison Rae

GUILT TRIPPIN’- Central Cee & Sexyy Red

From the Start- Laufey

Messy- Lola Young

Casual- Chappel Roan

WILDFLOWER- Billie Eilish

Diet Mountain Dew- Lana Del Rey

we never dated- sombr

i wish i hated you- Arianna Grande

Die For You- The Weeknd

Loud- Olivia Dean

you- Lyn Lapid

Watercolor Eyes- Lana Del Rey

Naked in Manhattan- Chappel Roan

Saturn- SZA

Not Like That Anymore- Lola Young

bittersweet- Madison Beer

DAISES: Justin Bieber

BMF- SZA

When Did You Get Hot?- Sabrina Carpenter

Bad Habit- Steve Lacy

All the Stars- SZA & Kendrick Lamar

opposite- Sabrina Carpenter

undressed- sombr

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(note: this playlist is a bunch of my songs mixed together that sorta fit certain parts of the story ex. all the stars the climax of the song fits a certain maybe sorta kiss in the book so pls don’t judge)

this book is also posted on wattpad, link below:

https://www.wattpad.com/story/405020630-the-light-that-tamed-him