First Place, Second Thoughts
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Livvy Anastasia Gonzales has always lived by the numbers-grades, rankings, and gold medals. As the topnotcher of her prestigious school, she wears excellence like armor, chasing academic validation as if it's the only way to earn her mother's fleeting approval. Behind her perfect scores and polished image, Livvy carries the quiet weight of never feeling enough. But what happens when a new challenge-one that can't be solved by equations or essays-forces her to question the very identity she built around success? In a world where being the best is all she knows, Livvy must learn if there's more to her worth than just being first.
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