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"Welcome to Kings Vanguard Academy, love. Try not to break."
Aarushi Malhotra didn't want to be in London. She didn't want to attend an elite academy crawling with hyper-privileged trust-fund heirs, and she certainly didn't want to be monitored by her image-obsessed family. Her plan was simple: keep her head down, keep her walls up, and survive the year.
Then she met Chase Lawson.
Aristocratic old money, captain of the basketball team, and the undisputed king of Kings Vanguard's chaotic nightlife, Chase is a lethal, fast-driving fboy who treats hearts like a competitive sport. He lives unapologetically loud, and he's used to everyone bowing to his orbit.
Except Aarushi.
To Chase, she's a beautiful, sharp-tongued challenge he's determined to break. To Aarushi, he's a reckless liability she can't afford to get close to. But when a web of family secrets, toxic rivalries, and a mandatory school arrangement forces them into each other's spaces, the line between hate and something much more dangerous begins to blur.
Chase thinks he's playing a game he can't lose. He's about to find out that Aarushi Malhotra didn't come to play by his rules.
[ ENEMIES TO LOVERS • ELITE ACADEMY • BAD BOY/FBOY • HE FALLS FIRST BUT SHE FALLS HARDER ]