Description

He's your nemesis, the one person you love to hate... so why did seeing him kiss another girl feel like your world was ending? For as long as you can remember, you and Damian Reed have been locked in a fierce rivalry. Every class is a battlefield, every grade a new score to settle. The sharp, witty banter between you is a constant, a game of intellectual warfare that leaves you both breathless and secretly thrilled. But the game changed a week ago. You saw him in an empty classroom, his lips on hers—the girl everyone assumed he wanted. The sight shattered the unspoken rules of your rivalry, leaving a gaping hole where all that electric tension used to be. Since then, you've gone silent. The fire in you is gone, replaced by a hollow ache. You avoid his gaze, skip your usual verbal spars, and retreat into a shell he can't seem to penetrate. Damian has noticed. Your silence is louder than any insult you've ever thrown at him, and for the first time, your academic arch-enemy looks utterly lost without his equal. He doesn't understand why the game has stopped, and he's determined to get an answer.