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Edward and Bella grew up together. They were childhood friends, high school and college sweethearts, and eventually got married. After Edward recieves an internship for a law firm, he and Bella move from Washington to New York where Bella soon manages to find a job in journalism. But on their three-year wedding anniversary, a huge misunderstanding tears them apart. Both being too stubborn and too hurt to communicate properly, they decide that divorce is the only option. Three months later a squealing Alice calls Bella telling her that Jasper finally proposed. She asks her to be the maid of honor and also confesses that Edward is going to be Jasper's best man. Furthermore, Alice wants Bella and Edward to fly home a month before the big day to be able to help to get everything set for the wedding. The big problem? Apart from the couple itself, no one knows about Edward and Bella's separation and planned divorce. So in order not to overshadow Alice's wedding with bad news they decide to pretend to be happily married...

But having to fake a happy relationship is harder than they both expected. They argued too much behind closed doors, emotions are all over the place, and too many words and feelings were left unmentioned. And so it is that a particularly intense argument is overheard by Rose and Emmett. All four agree to keep the truth from everyone else, at least until the wedding is over, yet Rose and Em don't intent on accepting their decision to divorce. In fact, they plan to do everything in their power to make the couple see how madly in love they actually are. So both of them put Bella and Edward in hilarious situations in the hopes of making them see the good that is right in front of them. Amongst other things, there are attempts to let them have drunken sex and a game of Truth or Dare. Over the weeks, Bella and Edward have more and more difficulties finding out whether they are still faking to be happy together or if they actually are. Unsure about what the other feels, the two lose themselves in a whirlwind of emotions, hopes, and fears, and it isn't until a banquet thrown in honor of Emmett's work that Edward finally realizes that he still loves Bella more than anything else. And hell, she had to know!

Warning: set aside a good chunk of time. I personally couldn't put this down till half way through, and even then, I had to pry my tablet out of my hands. If you're a reader who can't put down a fanfic until there is some kind of relief, I can promise you that said relief comes right in the middle of the story. Let's Love Hate is wonderfully written - with a good amount of angst, romance, and lot's of humor. And don't worry it's not angst all the way through! Trust me, you'll be laughing with Emmett and Rose's antics and Jasper's dirty jokes! But nevertheless, your heart will also rip as you watch Edward and Bella in the first half of the story, though after, you'll melt into a much needed pile of romance goo. The story takes place during the one-month engagement, with the last one or two chapters being right after the wedding and the epilogue a few months later. I was only previewing this story to see if I should put it on my to be read list... let's just say all of a sudden I realized it was 2 am!

Let's Love Hate consists of 25 chapters and 177,995. The story is rated M for lemons and profanities.

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