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He's dangerously charming, a little bit wicked, and her secret bad habit. The other is effortlessly detached, entirely too smart, and completely untouchable.
And Ghna? She's about to find out that playing with fire is a lot more fun when you're a match yourself.
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Ghna doesn't believe in the flawless, perfect girls you read about in romance novels. Back home, she's the chronically spoiled youngest child who can get away with murder by simply pouting. She's selfish, she has trust issues, she ghosts her friends, and when she loses her temper, she turns into a literal demon. Her only goal for freshman year is to fake being a responsible adult.
But her "mature" blueprint completely shatters on day one.
Because as it turns out, her biggest threats aren't in the classroom. They're living right down the lane.
First, there's Gallon. To her grandmother, he looks innocent. But behind closed doors, he's a reckless red flag-and the boy next door she can't stop sneaking onto rain-soaked rooftop terraces with.
Then, there's Arias-her department parallel at college, and her neighborhood parallel at home. He's the golden boy of the student council, but underneath lies a selfish, solitary enigma who lives just three hundred meters away, right above her favorite childhood ice cream parlor.
When Ghna drops a tricky riddle about a purple gate to mess with him, she realizes she's met her match. Arias isn't confused; he's already tracking her steps straight to her front porch.
Caught between a secret, breathless arrangement over the balcony with one boy and the sharp, calculating mind of the campus favorite down the street, Ghna is completely cornered.
The warning signs are everywhere, but when it comes to the boys next door, no one plays by the rules.