Not Yours to Beat
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Lee Hyeri has always had it all - beauty, brains, and the kind of cold untouchability that keeps everyone at a distance. Engaged to a powerful CEO and topping her class at Korea's most prestigious international university, her path seems flawless. Until the one person who ever truly challenged her - Chung Subin - returns.
Subin, her former academic rival and the only girl who ever threatened her perfect crown, steps back into her world without warning, dragging old resentments, sharp tensions, and dangerous new feelings with her.
What starts as a battle of pride soon twists into something far more volatile, as every collision between them leaves bruises - and sparks. In a world where reputation is everything and vulnerability is a risk neither can afford, Hyeri must confront the one thing she's spent her life mastering: control.
Because some rivals are meant to be conquered. And some are meant to be lost to.
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