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"Watch it, superstar."
"I am watching... you, not the court," he smirks, and sparks fly.
Cassie Ryder has one rule: keep her life under control. Nolan King has one rule: be the center of attention. Neither expected their worlds to collide until a fiery first encounter, complete with shoves, insults, and a spilled coffee, lands them straight in the viral spotlight.
Now the world insists they're the hottest new couple on campus. Sponsors, paparazzi, and endless headlines force them into a game neither signed up for. Cassie wants nothing to do with him. Nolan should stay focused on basketball. But late-night interviews, awkward photoshoots, and relentless campus gossip keep throwing them together... and somehow, every sarcastic jab and reluctant touch starts to feel dangerously real.
Pretending was supposed to be easy. But when the cameras are watching and rumors are running wild, hate begins to blur into something hotter, messier, and impossible to ignore.
Because sometimes, the world's idea of a "couple" isn't far from the heart's own. And for Cassie and Nolan? The chaos has only just begun.