When she flunks another major subject under her terror professor, Miss Vi, Amara expects the usual: a summer class or maybe a chance to rewrite her fate. Instead, Miss Vi gives her one impossible choice - join Teatro Silangan or fail the subject completely.
Teatro Silangan, the most prestigious theater organization in East Bridge University, is the last place Amara wants to be. She doesn't act, doesn't dance, and can barely memorize a three-line script. But with no other option, she steps into a world of bright lights, big talent, and even bigger egos.
There, she meets Theo Velez, the golden boy of Teatro. A fourth-year engineering student, the Teatro's heartthrob, and a painfully gifted performer with a sharp tongue and even sharper walls. He's cold, intense, and clearly unimpressed by Amara's presence.
But as rehearsals push them together, something begins to change between them.
What if the boy who reminded her how to live was the very reason she'd have to learn how to let go?
She hated him for being better. He loved seeing her try harder.
Zybil Mercado has always been the pride of her batch-top of the class, model student, and the perfect daughter. But all of that changes the moment Drei Soteco walks into her world. He is smart, good-looking, and a starter for the Anglers, the school's official basketball team. As he tops the ranks, he also becomes the person she hates the most.
Now, as they face off for Student Council President, Zybil swears she'll win. Because being smart is one thing, and being smart enough to hate him is another.