Chasing The Genius
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Last published Fri, Jan 23, 2026
Normani Quinn has always been invisible.
Orphaned. Overlooked. A scholarship student in a sea of privilege at Crestford Ivy University. By day, she's the quiet genius designing award-winning tech projects. By night, she's a secret dancer, singer, and the only girl in the underground car circuit who can rebuild an engine blindfolded.
Then a single mistake from Thorin Jacque - the golden boy athlete with a billionaire last name - wrecks her biggest showcase and exposes her to the world.
When the video goes viral, Thorin's reputation crashes and Normani's anonymity burns. To fix their images, they're forced into a university-sponsored "charity partnership" - a fake collaboration that turns into a fake relationship... for the cameras.
But behind the act, sparks ignite, secrets unravel, and both realize the biggest scandal isn't the one online - it's falling for the person you swore you'd never want.
This story is just a preview of a side project I'm working on to see how it will be recieved, so I would love your thoughts and feedback. It is a modern, age-and-talent-reflecting inspiration/redo of my story Beauty Over Brains, so if you have ever checked out the story and see overlapping elements, that is why. If it is received well, I'll update more regularly.
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