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Essex Mondrich has always been at the top. From grade school to high school, he was a constant honor student and a valedictorian. Success came easily to him, until his senior high school years and into his second year of college, when everything suddenly fell apart. Accounting became overwhelming, numbers blurred together, and no matter how hard he tried, he could not keep up.
Recitations left him frozen. Quizzes and examinations returned with low scores and poor grades. For the first time in his life, Essex felt like a failure. Desperate to pass and reclaim what he had lost, he meets with his professor, who advises him to work with the university's brightest student, Cameron Alastor.
Their first meeting, however, is far from ideal. In front of a crowd, Cameron suddenly kisses Essex and introduces him as his boyfriend. Shock turns into anger, and anger quickly becomes hatred. Essex wants nothing to do with Cameron, let alone study with him. Yet circumstances force them together. As days pass and tension fills every shared moment, something unexpected begins to surface beneath the resentment. Can hatred really turn into understanding, or will that one impulsive kiss destroy everything before it even begins?
Disclaimer: This story is written in Taglish; a combination of Tagalog & English.
Cover Design by Neilani Cabañerosa