False Spring

Transferring to one of the world's most prestigious universities was supposed to be Eve's fresh start.
She knows fitting in isn't easy.
People like those who are easy to love, easy to admire, easy to remember.

Unfortunately, Eve isn't one of those people.

Then there's him.
The campus prince.

Kind. Charismatic. Universally adored.

The type of person who remembers everyone's name, volunteers on weekends, and leaves every room brighter than he found it.

To everyone else, he's perfect.

To Eve?

He's cold.

Every interaction leaves her wondering what she did wrong.
As someone who's spent her entire life trying to be liked, having the university's golden boy quietly dislike her is more unsettling than she'd ever admit.

But the closer she gets to uncovering the reason behind his hostility, the more she realizes that first impressions can be dangerously misleading.

Sometimes, the warmest spring is only a false one