5 parts Ongoing Celeste Ravienne has spent years pretending that hating Baylor Everhart is effortless. After all, he treats her as nothing more than an inconvenience-a rival he barely acknowledges, a challenge he never takes seriously. But what he doesn't see is the way her heart betrays her every time he walks into the room, the way her carefully constructed mask hides a love that was never supposed to exist.
Their rivalry began with a single argument from years ago- a clash of words, a battle of wills that neither could let go of. What started as a small dispute grew into something deeper, something neither of them could ignore. Insults became a habit, tension sparked in every glance, and the war between them started to feel a lot like fate.
Baylor Everhart has always seen Celeste as a storm-chaotic, unpredictable, and entirely too annoying to get close to. But the more he pushes her away, the more he finds himself noticing the quiet tenderness in her lingering gaze, the unspoken warmth woven into every word she says-care and love he never asked for, yet can't seem to ignore because he likes it. And before he knows it, the lines between enemy and obsession, rivalry and longing begin to blur.
She fell first, quietly, hopelessly.
He fell next, slowly, all at once.
And by the time he realizes it, there's no escaping the fate they were always meant for.
will they finally let go of the pride that built their rivalry in the past?
Or will they embrace a love that was meant to last forever?
