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He was the only one who noticed you slip away from the family gathering, your own personal hell. While your family fawns over your perfect twin sister and her new designer bag, you're just the spare, the shadow she casts. You've spent your life being compared to her, and you've always come up short in their eyes. The annual family reunion is just another stage for your humiliation, made worse by the presence of your family's biggest rivals—the de la Croix family. And their heir, Tristan de la Croix, has been your personal nemesis since kindergarten. Arrogant, brilliant, and infuriatingly handsome, he's your equal and opposite in every way. The rivalry between your families is the stuff of local legend, and you and Tristan have always been the star players in that cold war. So when he finds you hiding on the veranda, his sharp gaze missing nothing, you expect a barb, an insult, a victory lap. Instead, what you get is a moment of unnerving quiet, a shared understanding that feels more dangerous than any argument you've ever had. He's your enemy, but he might be the only person who truly sees you.