Between Numbers And City Lights

After years of living in Palawan, Keithlene Belle Rosales returns to Manila to continue her studies. Leaving behind the quiet life she knew, she finds herself surrounded by unfamiliar faces, unfamiliar places, and a life she's not sure she's ready for. But maybe coming back was exactly what she needed.

With a new school and a new environment, Belle slowly tries to find her place in the city. She never expected that a simple day out with her cousin would lead to an unexpected encounter at an LRT station. One careless bump, one stranger, and a moment she thought she'd easily forget.

Until she sees him again.

His name is Theo Mhikael Montenegro, the Student Council President of the Civil Engineering Department. Their departments happen to be right beside each other, making their paths cross more often than either of them expects. What started as a simple encounter slowly becomes something Belle can't quite explain.

But the more their paths cross, the more Belle realizes that Theo isn't someone she can simply ignore. The boy she once considered a stranger slowly becomes the person she finds herself constantly clashing with, until every encounter feels less like coincidence and more like a challenge. And somehow, the line between knowing him and hating him begins to blur.

She never expected the stranger from the LRT station to become someone she'd eventually despise. She never expected his name to become one she'd wish she'd never heard. And she definitely wasn't prepared to find out the reason why Theo Mhikael Montenegro became her greatest enemy.