❛I want to be golden too. Unable to rust, ceaseless shine. Forever beautiful.❜ Everyone knew Selena Vielle Genevieve Kennedy as the girl with the flawless smile, heart of an angel, and golden soul. But what they didn't know was that she's an adept liar who had mastered the art of pretending. No one knew about the madness in her thoughts and the chaos in her system. No one knew that she's a wreck. But one night was all it took to set her in a path of absolute ruin. With him back in the picture, Selena was forced to face the consequences of the choices she made in the past. But between her family problems, academic stress, peer pressure, and insecurities - Selena knew she was threading the line of manic and sanity. Add having unreciprocated feelings for a person who already belongs to someone else and that was her tipping point. She put on the perfect, adamantine facade. Until him.