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Jaylen never expected his dad's new marriage to change his life this much. When Mr. Carter got with Miss Rochelle, Jaylen ended up with a stepsister he could barely tolerate. Amina was quiet, sharp-tongued, and acted like she was too good to breathe the same air as him.
Years passed-and now they're both juniors at the same HBCU. Only problem? The girl who used to roll her eyes at him grew into someone he can't ignore. Amina Carter walks campus like royalty: captain of the women's basketball team, beloved by her sorority sisters, and known for her flawless looks and colder-than-ice attitude. Especially toward Jaylen.
He tries to play it cool. He's the star himself, he has options, and his friend group clown him anytime he even LOOKS her way. But every time their paths cross-her brushing past him with her chin high, her clipped responses, her acting like she doesn't have time for him-his obsession only grows.
Amina can feel his eyes on her, and it annoys her more than she'll admit. Jaylen has always been trouble: too charming, too bold, and too arrogant for her taste. She's worked hard to build her own name on campus, separate from him, separate from their parents' marriage. She doesn't need him messing that up.
But everything shifts after a late-night run at the gym, when Amina finds Jaylen waiting-not with jokes, not with attitude, but with a confession she never saw coming. Feelings he shouldn't have. Feelings she refuses to acknowledge... but can't stop thinking about.
Now Amina is stuck between protecting her image and facing the truth:
Jaylen isn't the same boy she used to brush off.
And once he crosses that line, there's no going back-for either of them.