Abigail Patel has spent her whole life protecting her younger brother, Kiran. After losing their parents young and bouncing from one foster home to another, the only constant in her life has been him. Now at twenty-five, she's working long hours at a jewelry store to put him through college, determined to give him the stability they never had.
Kiran, on the other hand, is struggling. College isn't easy, especially when he's got a relentless tormentor-Aiden Callahan, the rich, cocky, too-charming-for-his-own-good campus golden boy who seems to have made Kiran his personal project.
But then Aiden walks into Abigail's store, and suddenly, he isn't so cocky anymore. Turns out, the arrogant bully has a weakness-her. He's smitten, and Abigail? She's furious.
No way is she falling for the guy who makes her brother's life miserable. Not when she's spent years shielding Kiran from every hardship. But Aiden isn't backing down, and the more she pushes him away, the harder he tries to prove he's not the villain she thinks he is.
Between love, loyalty, and a whole lot of misunderstandings, Abigail has to figure out if some people can change-or if this is one battle she can't afford to lose.
"𝐈 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐢𝐫 𝐈 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞, 𝐀𝐝𝐝𝐲" 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 '𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐥𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐫' 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬
𝐀𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐖𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 seems to have bad luck follow every one of her steps. However she can't help but feel excited when her and her siblings are offered a scholarship to most prestigious school in her town.
With her Mom constantly struggling to keep her family running due to the lack of income her family receives. Adeline is forced to pull her weight for her family by working more than 2 times a week, causing pure exhaustion and anxiety.
When time rolls around and suddenly Adeline is buttoning up her uniform for school, she's shocked as to why 𝐃𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐧 𝐁𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐢 calls out to her in the hallway.
𝐃𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐦 𝐁𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐢 a boy who's past is constantly haunting him and coming back to bite him in the ass. Can't help but be drawn to the new girl.
He doesn't know her name, he doesn't know where she comes from. He doesn't know anything. However the only thing he does know, is that he can't help but feel pulled towards her. He knows he's done for when he can't help but answer the question for her in math class...
A story full of ups and downs. Where will this story lead us? 𝐋𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐮𝐭... 𝐓𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫