Chasing The Hundreds

Two minds. One goal. A lifetime of distance between them.

Isabella grew up with warmth but not much else - a tight-knit family that scraped by, a quiet town that never asked for more. But she always wanted more. No more cutting singing lessons because of financial issues. No more struggle to pay bills. She wanted to excel in everything and create the future that her family deserves.

Connor had everything money could buy - legacy, polish, connections - except the kind of closeness Isabella was never without. His world demanded perfection, but never gave praise. So he learned to chase approval in numbers, not people.

During elementary and middle school they were fierce competitors in the same math class - and left their mark on each other before life pulled them apart.

Now, on the first day of college, they lock eyes again across a crowded lecture hall.

Still brilliant. Still driven. Still impossible to ignore.

As academic rivals reignite, so do the tensions and truths they buried. Beneath the teasing and sharp comebacks are deeper motives: Isabella wants to rewrite her future. Connor wants to outrun his past. And somewhere along the line, the race becomes something else entirely.

Because sometimes the person you're competing against... is the only one who truly understands what you're fighting for.

Chasing the Hundreds is a poignant, slow-burn rivals-to-lovers story about ambition, class divides, emotional armor, and the unspoken ache of wanting to be chosen - not for what you achieve, but for who you are.