In the world of prestigious universities, there's Klein University-hindi lang sikat sa buong Region VIII, but in the entire Philippines. And guess what? It's owned by the Klein family. Enter Richard Rutherford, one of the golden grandson.
Pero teka, this is not his story... not yet. This is about Celestine "Cela" Alvarado-beauty, brains, at may sariling brand ng attitude. She used to believe in fairytales... until her 2nd year college boyfriend turned out to be the villain. Sobrang heartbreak na she swore never to fall in love again. From then on, love became a game, and the players? All boys who dared to come close.
By 3rd year, reklamo dito, paninira doon. Why? Simple. All the boys wanted her sweetest yes, and all the girls hated her. Isang araw, first day of class, nalaglag ang ID niya, and surprise-may mysterious guy na nagbalik nito sa kanya sa park. Gwapo, yes. Perfect, yes. But Cela? She doesn't do "falling in love" anymore. Kaya she ran the other way.
Pero life has a way of messing with her plans. After getting dropped from her university, isang online chat lang with a guy named Alexander Walker changed everything. He convinced her to enroll at Klein, and dahil genius naman siya, boom-scholarship granted. What she didn't expect? To see Mr. Lost-and-Found ID again-Richard Rutherford himself.
Now, she's stuck between Alexander's mixed signals and Richard's infuriating charm. Two cousins. Two different vibes. One girl who swore she'd never fall in love. But when does the game she started stop being a game? And what will happen if her heart decides... that playtime is over?
Vien, the boy who broke Mara's heart in the cruelest way, returns as a man, now a fugitive hiding in her condo, relying on her mercy to survive. Maybe this is her chance to get even...but how can he look at her with those eyes, like he's the one who's been bleeding all this time?
Into the South: He Didn't Series #1
PROMISES HE DIDN'T MAKE