PortalAndPen
She swore she'd never fall again.
He never believed in love to begin with.
But fate had other plans.
Aerin Rivera is a driven, no-nonsense scholar from the province, transferring to East Crest University with one goal: graduate at the top of her class and get out. After surviving heartbreak, betrayal, and a life built on self-preservation, she has no space for romance-especially not with boys who act like they own the world.
Enter Theo Javier: rich, reckless, and the campus heartbreaker. He lives like nothing matters, because deep down, nothing really does. Until he meets the one girl who doesn't fall for his charm, the girl who sees right through him.
They didn't ask for each other.
They didn't expect to connect.
But love isn't something you plan.
It's something that happens...
unexpectedly.
"Sometimes, the one who's most afraid to love... is the one who needs it most."