With love, Uno & Seles

Architecture, Ambition, and Avidity.

The island of Cebu has always been too small for the ambition of two powerful families: the Kinsleys and the Javiers. Their rivalry is legendary, a toxic blend of political warfare and construction industry dominance.

Jewel Selestine Kinsley, sharp-witted and fiercely driven, enters Cebu's most prestigious architecture program with a single goal: to prove she is the best. Now, with her father recently elected Governor and her family's firm gaining unprecedented power, the stakes have never been higher.

But waiting for her is her family's greatest foe and her most frustrating academic rival: Hector Isaac Javier, whose family owns the architectural empire that Seles' father seeks to dismantle, is as charming as he is competitive. Their classroom is a battlefield of blueprints and critiques, their arguments as passionate as their shared love for design. They are opposites who understand each other's vision better than anyone else.

The tension between them finally snaps, they agree to a strictly physical arrangement. No strings, no feelings, and absolutely no one can know that their vicious public rivalry hides a fiercely private connection.

When a mandatory project forces the governor's daughter and the tycoon's heir to build together, the foundations of their hatred begin to crack.

Therein lies the descry of veracity, the scent of freedom, and the kiss of ardor.