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Seventeen-year-old Lila Hart has everything a senior is supposed to want - a perfect boyfriend, top grades, and a future planned to the minute. But under the surface, she's quietly suffocating. Nothing feels real. Nothing makes her feel... until the day she walks into AP Literature and meets Mr. Callum Reyes.
He's young, brilliant, and just a little too mysterious. The new teacher with a past no one talks about and eyes that seem to see right through her. What starts as curious glances and heated debates over poetry soon twists into something neither of them dares name - a connection too intense to ignore, and far too dangerous to pursue.
As the weeks pass, Lila's world begins to shift. Her boyfriend, Noah, grows suspicious. Her best friend, Maya, senses she's hiding something. And Reyes? He's trying to hold the line between teacher and student, even as their shared secrets and stolen moments blur it completely.
But Willow Creek High is a place where rumors spread like wildfire - and one wrong step could cost them everything.
In a world full of rules, eyes, and expectations, Lila and Callum are forced to choose: deny the most real thing they've ever felt, or risk everything to hold onto it.
This isn't a story of scandal. It's a slow-burning, soul-aching kind of love - the kind that waits, survives, and comes back stronger when the world is finally ready.