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Beatrice Vance is a machine. Sent away by her ultra-wealthy, cold-hearted parents to study in the Philippines after years in Canada, she has only one directive: stay at the top. To Bea, a 99% is a failure, and second place is an existential threat. She keeps her walls high, her eyes on the prize, and her heart completely locked away.
Enter Archiel Mendoza. Charming, effortlessly brilliant, and the reigning Top 1 of St. Jude Academy. Backed by a fiercely loving, supportive family, Archie doesn't just study to survive-he studies because he loves to build. When Bea abruptly snaps his undefeated streak on day one, a cutthroat academic warfare ignites. Every recitation is a battlefield; every exam is a clash of titans.
But when a mandatory architectural modeling project forces them into the same space, the rigid walls Bea built begin to crack. Behind Archie's competitive smiles lies a warmth she has never known. And behind Bea's icy exterior, Archie finds a girl suffocating under the weight of expectations.
As slow-burning tension turns into something undeniable, they begin to design a future together. But foundations built on secrets are bound to collapse. Hidden deep within the Mendoza family blueprints lies a devastating past corporate crime-one that links their families in a web of tragedy and revenge.
When the past catches up, their carefully constructed world shatters, forcing a heartbreaking goodbye that spans across oceans and years. Can two broken architects ever find their way back, or was "Us" a structure destined to fall?