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Aira Ann Mendoza, a scholarship student at brent Academy in Manila, has always been rough around the edges - street-smart, outspoken, and terrible at academics. But one boy sees through her chaos: Rumi Raven Valadez- the powerful, arrogant heir of valadez Holdings.
She falls hard. Not because Rumi was kind - but because for a brief moment, he let her see the soft side he hides from everyone else.
But Rumi pushes her away.
Coldly. Cruelly.
Because emotions are a luxury he can't afford - especially not with someone like Aira, who makes him feel things he's buried.
Then comes Ren akira Navakul, Rumi's oldest friend.
Ren is the opposite - serene, graceful, distant yet kind. When he sees how much Aira is breaking after Rumi's rejection, he helps her - tutoring her, protecting her, making her believe in herself again.
And in doing so... he begins to fall for her.
And Aira - slowly, unexpectedly - begins to feel the same.