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Stacey likes order. Her notebooks are pristine, her schedule is flawless, and her future is meticulously planned out. To her, life is a series of predictable equations.
Lucas is the one variable she can't calculate. Quiet, observant, and effortlessly brilliant, he seems content to watch the world from the sidelines and he excels at disrupting Stacey's perfect alignment.
When they are paired up as academic partners, Stacey expects a semester of frustration. What she doesn't expect is how quickly the space between them will shrink. Between late-night study sessions and quiet, stolen glances, the friction between them begins to shift. Lucas notices the tiny details she hides from everyone else, and for the first time, Stacey finds herself facing something she can't control.
They say the shortest distance between two points is a straight line. But as boundaries blur and unspoken feelings deepen, Stacey and Lucas are about to learn that love is never that simple.
A slow-burn, academic partners romance about the quiet moments that change everything.