"You left bruises that I never wanted." He healed them. ────────── .✦ You... saved me.. ────────── .✦

Kim Yujin thought she left her high school rival behind-until she walked into her new job and found Park Sunghoon sitting at the top. Now the cold, brilliant CEO. She's here to win. He's not ready to let her forget the past. Old sparks. New rules. Rivals again... or something more?

𝙱𝚘𝚘𝚖, 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚘𝚙 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚘𝚘𝚗 𝙽𝚘 𝚐𝚛𝚊𝚟𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚙𝚙𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚞𝚜, 𝚝𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚠𝚊 𝚋𝚠𝚊 𝚃𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚒𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚒𝚌, 𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚒𝚌 𝙶𝚛𝚘𝚘𝚟𝚎, 𝚍𝚎𝚘 𝚐𝚎𝚘𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚕𝚐𝚎 𝚖𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝙵𝚘𝚛 𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚍𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚜 𝚝𝚝𝚠𝚒𝚎𝚘𝚍𝚎𝚞𝚛𝚎𝚘 𝚃𝚘𝚞𝚌𝚑 𝚍𝚘𝚠𝚗

"You're the worst classmate ever." "Bet you fantasize about me at night." ~ "Give up, I'm too dumb to understand anyway." "Just trust me, and I'll move the earth to make things easy for you."

When Arianna marries billionaire Zach Price to save her family, she doesn't expect to fall in love with a man who'd always consider her a second choice. An unexpected turn of events brings the couple closer together, but can a marriage based on lies and deceit ever survive? ***** When Arianna's older sister, Olivia, decides to run away on the day of her wedding, Arianna is forced to take her place to save her family from ruin. But her new husband is angry, heartbroken, and seems to hate her guts. The cold, elusive billionaire Zach Price has never quite struck Arianna as the kind of man she'd want to spend her entire life with. She was more than content with her sweet, thoughtful boyfriend Noah, but when circumstances force them together, Zach and Arianna's hearts get entangled in a way she never saw coming. As the couple grows closer, they must battle the demons of their past and of the lives they left behind - especially when Olivia returns and decides she wants Zach all for herself. Content/Trigger Warning: This story contains scenes of violence and sexual abuse, and mentions abortion and miscarriage. [[word count: 100,000-150,000 words]] Cover designed by Ren Tachibana