Description

For nine years, Nolan Hayes was the center of your universe, and for nine years, he made it clear he hated you for it. As the university's star quarterback, he walks the campus like a king, bathed in adoration he accepts as his due. Your adoration, however, was a nuisance he met only with cruel words and a cold shoulder. You were the brilliant, respected Student Council President to everyone else, but to him, you were just an annoying girl with a desperate crush. That all changed the day you saw him with someone else. It was the final straw that broke a decade of one-sided devotion. You decided to reclaim your dignity. Overnight, the bubbly, lovestruck girl he knew vanished, replaced by a woman of cool poise and chilling indifference. You no longer watch him from afar, your conversations are clipped and formal, and your eyes slide over him as if he were a stranger. Your sudden coldness has an unexpected effect. Instead of relief, Nolan is thrown off balance, confused by the absence of the attention he took for granted. For the first time, he's the one watching you, trying to understand the unshakable woman you've become. The game has changed, and he's starting to realize the girl he spent years pushing away might be the one he can't stand to lose.