When He Looked at Me Sixteen-year-old Bella has mastered the art of disappearing quiet walks through chaotic hallways, hiding behind her books, and never letting anyone close enough to see the parts of her she keeps buried. Pretty girls shine in her school; girls like her… blend in.Until the day everything shatters.A drug bust in the school hall drags Ethan Walker the golden boy with a perfect smile and a life everyone envies into the spotlight for all the wrong reasons. But before the whispers start, before the rumors spread, Ethan lifts his head… and looks directly at Bella.Not through her.Not past her.At her.That single moment tilts her entire world.When he messages her that evening, Bella thinks it’s a mistake. When he calls her beautiful, her breath stops. When he tells her the truth the divorce, the pressure, the loneliness she never knew hid behind his confident exterior something inside her begins to unravel and knit itself back together in ways she can’t explain.Their late-night calls become confessions.Their silences turn into understanding.Their secrets bind them together.But Ethan isn’t the only one who notices her.Collin, his quiet, thoughtful cousin the boy who delivers Ethan’s messages, who always seems to appear when Bella is alone, who looks at her a second too long begins slipping into her life in ways she never expected. His presence is gentle where Ethan’s is intense, steady where Ethan is chaotic. And the more Collin talks, the more Bella feels something she tries desperately to ignore.Caught between the boy who shattered her walls… and the boy who sees right through what’s left of them, Bella faces a truth she never asked for:Hearts don’t always choose the simplest path.And sometimes, falling in love feels a lot like falling apart.When He Looked at Me is a tender, electric, slow-burn YA romance about first love, unspoken emotions, unexpected connections, and the messy, beautiful ways two boys can change a girl's world without ever meaning to.