Things I Wanted to Say by Monica Murphy (Paperback)

Summer Savage has learned to survive Lancaster Prep by staying guarded, focused, and untouchable. The halls are filled with sharp smiles and sharper rumours, and trust is a luxury she can’t afford. When her world collides with Whit Lancaster, the school’s cold and dangerously magnetic golden boy, she tries to keep her distance. Whit is everything she should avoid: powerful, reckless, and capable of tearing her apart with a single look. Yet something about him pulls her in, even when she fights it.

One night, Whit appears at her door bruised and bleeding. Summer lets him in. She bandages his skin, lowers her defences, and hands over more of herself than she intends. By morning, he’s gone—along with her private journal filled with thoughts she has never shared aloud. Her fears. Her wants. Her confessions.

Whit now owns her secrets, and one misstep could destroy her. To protect herself, Summer agrees to a deal she can’t escape. Whit wants access. Her time. Her attention. Behind closed doors, the power between them shifts in ways neither of them expects. Whit may think he holds control, but Summer soon learns he’s just as breakable, just as hungry, and just as tangled in their dangerous pull.

Their connection grows into something fierce and consuming, where desire and ruin sit side by side. One wrong move could shatter them. One right one could change everything.