Frequency Illusion

Adriana Almeda has spent her life chasing perfection and always coming second. Ever since school, she has been shadowed by Dominic Herrera, the golden boy, the top of the class, the one her father compares her to endlessly. He is brilliant, infuriating, and utterly impossible to beat. To her, he is not just a rival but the source of every ounce of frustration and resentment in her home.

Now, adulthood has thrown them together in the most unexpected and frustrating way, an arranged marriage for convenience designed to merge their families' high-tech empires. Dominic builds networks and decodes signals while Adriana studies the human mind and its hidden patterns. Together, they represent a future of unmatched innovation if they can survive each other first.

As they navigate business meetings, family obligations, and the awkward intimacy of engagement, Adriana begins to notice things she never did before. A glance that lingers too long. A word that resonates unexpectedly. A presence that feels comforting. Signals she had been blind to for years are finally reaching her.

In the end, the rivalry that defined her youth may have been a frequency illusion all along, a misread signal masking the truth she never realized she was searching for.