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Tainted Genius
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Nikki_Colt
Ongoing, First published Jul 03, 2025
Mature
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academicsbadboyenemiestoloversfamilyissuesfriendshiphotguyslovenewadultplayerrichboysrivalryromancesecretsselfgrowthtraumayoungromance
At Whitmore University, only the rich, the brilliant, and the dangerous survive.

Ryan Shaffer is none of the above. She's here on scholarship, laser-focused, and more interested in staying at the top of the class than making friends. So when the class rankings drop and she sees her name in second place, she's not shocked.

What shocks her... is who's in first.

Carter Grayson.

She's never seen him in a single lecture. Never heard his name. And yet there he is, one spot above her. Infuriatingly smug. Maddeningly attractive. And worst of all? 

Unbothered.

Carter is everything Ryan can't stand: reckless, flirtatious, filthy rich-and somehow, smarter than her. But the deeper she digs, the more the mystery unravels. Because Carter Grayson has secrets no one talks about. 
And Ryan? She might be the only one bold (or stupid) enough to challenge him.

At Whitmore, power is inherited, not earned. But Ryan's done playing by their rules.

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His lips were inches away from my ear and the heat from his breath sent my body into complete shock. 

"I'm an asshole," he said, almost breathless. I wanted to agree because wherever that admission came from it was the truth. 

"I only know how to hurt people," he said again. More feverishly this time. 

"You're worse," I claimed. "Than an asshole. You're worse." 

"I know," he mumbled. Pain etched in his face.

"Why the unexpected confession?" 

"Cause you were right," he said, leaning back - severing the connection before it had even formed.

"I'm not worth it."
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Lunch went by pretty quickly, and we were back to classes soon enough. I'd forgotten to get a book from my locker, so I quickly went to get it. I was leaning on the locker next to mine as I quickly scanned my schedule on my locker door, when warm air fanned the side of my face. "Move." Being the excellent human being I am, I jumped out of fright, flinging the heavy calculus textbook in my hand backwards. I heard a grunt and turned to find the person behind me now hunched over as they held onto a part of their face. "Oh God! I'm so sorry!" I panicked. And then he looked up. The first thing I noticed was his short, dark hair. It looked so smooth, and I almost reached out to play with it. My eyes trailed down to his strong jaw line, down to his broad shoulders. I didn't even realize that I was biting my lip as I further inspected the Adonis before me. His arm flexed, bringing my attention to the amber eye he was now covering. It was him. Six. The most popular and dangerous guy in school. And I'd managed to injure him with my calculus textbook. I'm dead. *********** #11 Teen Fiction - 31 December 2015 #15 Teen Fiction - 16 December 2015 #16 Teen Fiction - 16 December 2015

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