Enlightened Star

Derek Langston is a second-year college art student with a heart full of vision and hands stained in color. His world is quiet, thoughtful-focused on translating emotion into paint, not popularity. But his calm is shattered one rainy afternoon when he accidentally bumps into Vanessa Frellio in the middle of campus.

She's stunning, sharp-tongued, and absolutely livid.

Vanessa, the daughter of one of the richest families in the city, is used to getting what she wants, how she wants it, when she wants it. She walks with power, treats people like tools, and wields her last name like a weapon. And Derek? He's just another "nobody" to her... at first.

But something about his lack of fear, his complete indifference to her status, and the quiet fire in his eyes-it throws her off.

What starts as a tense, cold rivalry slowly evolves into an emotional tug-of-war neither of them are prepared for.
Because beneath all the venom, Vanessa's hiding something too. And Derek-he might be the only one stubborn enough to uncover it.