It started with a stare, and ended with something she couldn't undo. Vivienne Cross thought teaching was simple, rules, structure, distance. Then came Ryan Carson. Restless, brilliant, and infuriating, he was everything she shouldn't get involved with. But late detentions turned into conversations that lasted too long, and a glance too many became something she could no longer ignore. Because sometimes, the smallest mistakes don't just change the rules, they rewrite them entirely.