Vice & Venom

They say there's a fine line between love and hate.
He's been living on the wrong side of it for five years.

Anushka Roy doesn't lose. As the heir to Asia's biggest fashion empire and the newly elected Student Council President, she's spent years crushing every competitor who dared step into her arena. The only thorn in her perfectly manicured side? Ayan Verma. Heir to a tech dynasty. Black belt. Genius. And the most insufferable, smug, infuriatingly handsome man she's ever had the misfortune of tying on exams.

They bicker. They sabotage each other's class participation scores. They wage a silent war over a single mark on every test.

She thinks he hates her.

She's wrong.

Ayan Verma has been obsessed with Anushka Roy since eighth grade, when she shared her umbrella with a boy he used to be. Now, he's a storm in a tailored blazer-faster, smarter, deadlier than anyone knows. He let her win. He made her lose. He manipulated every grade, every rivalry, every forced proximity, just to watch her burn.

And when the principal forces them to share the council presidency and an office until 9 PM every night?

The game changes.

Because obsession this old doesn't stay in the shadows forever. And Anushka is about to learn that the boy she thought was her enemy has been collecting pieces of her for years-waiting for the moment she finally looks close enough to see him.

He doesn't want to defeat her.
He wants to destroy her.
And then keep every broken piece.

Rival Obsession is a dark enemies-to-lovers romance containing explicit content, stalking themes, possessiveness, and power dynamics. Recommended for readers 18+.