When worlds collide

Everyone knows Maraiah "Aiah" Montenegro.

The only daughter of one of the country's richest tycoons, Aiah has spent eighteen years living a life people would kill for-luxury, influence, and a surname that opens almost every door.

But behind the headlines, glamorous events, and seemingly perfect life is a girl who wants nothing more than to be known for who she is, rather than the empire she was born into.

Then Mikha Lim transfers to Perpetual Academy.

Quiet. Reserved. Mysterious.

She arrives with very little to say about herself and even less to say about the family she comes from. While the rest of the school quickly loses interest in trying to figure out the new girl, Aiah can't seem to do the same.

A school tour becomes a conversation.

A conversation becomes coffee.

Coffee becomes friendship.

And somewhere between ordinary school days, late-night messages, volunteering, shared secrets, and moments neither of them planned, the line between friendship and something more begins to blur.

But Aiah isn't the only one carrying the weight of a powerful surname.

Behind Mikha's quiet smiles lies a world Aiah knows nothing about-and secrets Mikha has spent her entire life protecting.

They were born into two completely different worlds.

One lived beneath the spotlight.

The other learned to survive in the shadows.

Neither expected their worlds to collide.

And neither knows what will happen when they finally do.

**Is love enough to overcome the lives they were born into, or will the very worlds that brought them together ultimately tear them apart?**