Zara Laurent, a 17-year-old prodigy at UCLA, believes her scholarship is a charity's gift and not a secret lifeline from her sister's best friend, Sasha, who is hiding an abusive marriage. The only other person who knows the truth is Sasha's son, Niko, the campus golden boy Zara despises. Their forced truce for the sake of family is about to shatter, as lies unravel and a forbidden attraction threatens to expose everything.